From Laboratory to Cockpit: Evaluating the Predictive Value of Cognitive Tasks on Flight Simulator Performance

Sébastien Scannella, Quentin Chenot

2024

Abstract

Comprehending the cognitive mechanisms underpinning success in demanding daily tasks is imperative for the human factors field. It not only necessitates a foundational grasp of the human brain but also furnishes invaluable insights for managing and averting human errors. This is particularly true in critical systems such as airplane, surgery, and more recently with autonomous vehicles. In order to provide additional information of the link between flying activity and high level cognitive functions, we investigated the relations between common executive function task performance, more complex and ecological task performance and flight simulator performance. Our results suggest that the unitary nature and lack of real-life legitimacy of common laboratory executive function tasks limit their ability to explain flight performance in the simulator —except for set shifting. Conversely, more ecological and dynamic tasks that engage executive functions tend to explain a larger variance in flying activity. Further research is planned to refine these predictive models and understand the underlying cognitive mechanisms.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Scannella S. and Chenot Q. (2024). From Laboratory to Cockpit: Evaluating the Predictive Value of Cognitive Tasks on Flight Simulator Performance. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Aircraft Systems - Volume 1: ICCAS; ISBN 978-989-758-724-5, SciTePress, pages 13-20. DOI: 10.5220/0012918500004562

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iccas24,
author={Sébastien Scannella and Quentin Chenot},
title={From Laboratory to Cockpit: Evaluating the Predictive Value of Cognitive Tasks on Flight Simulator Performance},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Aircraft Systems - Volume 1: ICCAS},
year={2024},
pages={13-20},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012918500004562},
isbn={978-989-758-724-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Aircraft Systems - Volume 1: ICCAS
TI - From Laboratory to Cockpit: Evaluating the Predictive Value of Cognitive Tasks on Flight Simulator Performance
SN - 978-989-758-724-5
AU - Scannella S.
AU - Chenot Q.
PY - 2024
SP - 13
EP - 20
DO - 10.5220/0012918500004562
PB - SciTePress