An experiment to study the influence of task interference on the information processing of the human pilot is described. Two hypothetical limited capacity models of human information processing, the multi-channel model and the single-channel model, are reviewed and the results of the experiment are discussed in relation to these models. The experimental task consisted of a single axis tracking task under additional workload. The three controlled elements used were a simulated transport aircraft at three different center of gravity positions, at which it was stable, neutral, and ustable, respectively. The forcing function was a gust signal acting on the simulated aircraft. The additional loading task was an auditory binary choice task. The results of the experiment tend to favor the single-channel model of human information processing.
Pilot's Tracking Behaviour under Additional Workload
1975
91 pages
Report
No indication
English
Psychology , Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Auditory tasks , Pilot performance , Sensorimotor performance , Work capacity , Data processing , Flight simulation , Gusts , Human behavior , Human reactions , Stability , Transport aircraft , Variance , Information processing(Psychology) , Netherlands