Hamann, Anneke und Carstengerdes, Nils (2024) "Are squirrels as fluffy as they look?" A study of the emergence and relevance of mind wandering in cockpit applications. Psychologie und Gehirn (PuG), 2024-05-29 - 2024-06-01, Hamburg, Deutschland. doi: 10.60575/w1kr-2r32.
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Piloting an aircraft during long-haul flights requires pilots to remain vigilant over extended periods of time. Performing such tasks can induce mind wandering. Mind wandering is defined as the emergence of thoughts that are unrelated to the task. This includes stimulus-independent thoughts and unintentional drifting from task-related thoughts, such as thinking about squirrels instead of monitoring one’s primary flight display. The resulting loss of attention has implications for aviation safety. Nevertheless, this concept has not been studied much in aviation research. In the present study, we let 31 participants perform a 90-minute simulated flight with low but constant cognitive demand. The participants changed headings in accordance with an adapted 1-back task, and monitored and corrected the altitude of the aircraft if necessary. We assessed the emergence of subjective mind wandering and the correctness of the responses to the 1-back task. Mind wandering increased constantly during the simulated flight. At the end of the experiment, participants indicated that approx. 30% of their attention drifted away from the task. The results indicate that mind wandering indeed plays an important role for pilots when executing tasks that require continuous information processing, memory retention and manual input. These findings also imply that mind wandering will likely play an even bigger role with increasing levels of automation as the role of the pilots change from actors to mostly passive observers who monitor and supervise the systems in the unlikely event of automation failures. In light of these considerations, mind wandering should be researched further.
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Dokumentart: | Konferenzbeitrag (Poster) | ||||||
Titel: | "Are squirrels as fluffy as they look?" A study of the emergence and relevance of mind wandering in cockpit applications | ||||||
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*DLR corresponding author | ||||||
Datum: | 30 Mai 2024 | ||||||
Open Access: | Ja | ||||||
In SCOPUS: | Nein | ||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Nein | ||||||
DOI: | 10.60575/w1kr-2r32 | ||||||
Stichwörter: | mind wandering; aviation; human performance | ||||||
Veranstaltungstitel: | Psychologie und Gehirn (PuG) | ||||||
Veranstaltungsort: | Hamburg, Deutschland | ||||||
Veranstaltungsart: | nationale Konferenz | ||||||
Veranstaltungsbeginn: | 29 Mai 2024 | ||||||
Veranstaltungsende: | 1 Juni 2024 | ||||||
DLR - Schwerpunkt: | Luftfahrt | ||||||
DLR - Forschungsgebiet: | L AI - Luftverkehr und Auswirkungen | ||||||
Standort: | Braunschweig | ||||||
Institute & Einrichtungen: | Institut für Flugführung > Systemergonomie |
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