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Cognitive Factors Mediate the Relation Between Age and Flight Path Maintenance in General Aviation

Cognitive Factors Mediate the Relation Between Age and Flight Path Maintenance in General... Identifying pilot attributes associated with risk isimportant, especially in general aviation where pilot error is implicated inmost accidents. This research examined the relationship of pilot age, expertise,and cognitive functioning to deviations from an ideal circuit trajectory. Inall, 54 pilots, of varying age, flew a Cessna 172 simulator. Cognitive measureswere obtained using the CogScreen-AE (Kay, 1995). Older age and lower levels of expertise andcognitive functioning were associated with significantly greater flight pathdeviations. The relationship between age and performance was fully mediated by acluster of cognitive factors: speed and working memory, visual attention, andcognitive flexibility. These findings add to the literature showing thatage-related changes in cognition may impact pilot performance. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors American Psychological Association

Cognitive Factors Mediate the Relation Between Age and Flight Path Maintenance in General Aviation

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 Hogrefe Publishing
ISSN
2192-0923
eISSN
2192-0931
DOI
10.1027/2192-0923/a000102
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Abstract

Identifying pilot attributes associated with risk isimportant, especially in general aviation where pilot error is implicated inmost accidents. This research examined the relationship of pilot age, expertise,and cognitive functioning to deviations from an ideal circuit trajectory. Inall, 54 pilots, of varying age, flew a Cessna 172 simulator. Cognitive measureswere obtained using the CogScreen-AE (Kay, 1995). Older age and lower levels of expertise andcognitive functioning were associated with significantly greater flight pathdeviations. The relationship between age and performance was fully mediated by acluster of cognitive factors: speed and working memory, visual attention, andcognitive flexibility. These findings add to the literature showing thatage-related changes in cognition may impact pilot performance.

Journal

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human FactorsAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Jan 1, 2016

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