Pilot’s attention distributions between chasing a moving target and a stationary target

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dc.contributor.authorLi, Wen-Chin
dc.contributor.authorYu, Chung-San
dc.contributor.authorBraithwaite, Graham
dc.contributor.authorGreaves, Matthew J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-12T09:12:57Z
dc.date.available2016-10-12T09:12:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Attention plays a central role in cognitive processing; ineffective attention may induce accidents in flight operations. The objective of current research was to examine military pilots’ attention distributions between chasing a moving target and a stationary target. Method: Thirty-seven mission-ready F-16 pilots participated in the current research. Subjects’ eye movements were collected by a portable head-mounted eye-tracker during tactical training in a flight simulator. The scenarios of chasing a moving target (air-to-air) and a stationary target (air-to-surface) consist of three operational phases; searching, aiming and lock-on to the targets. Results: The findings demonstrated significant differences in pilots’ percentage of fixation during searching phase between air-to-air (M=37.57, SD=5.72) and air-to-surface (M=33.54, SD=4.68). Fixation duration can indicate pilots’ sustained attention to the trajectory of a dynamic target during dog-fight manoeuvers. Aiming for the stationary target with larger pupil size (M=27105 pixel2, SD=6565 pixel2) reflects higher cognitive loading than aiming to the dynamic target (M=23864 pixel2, SD=8762 pixel2). Discussion: Pilots’ visual behavior is not only closely related to attention distribution, but also significantly associated with task characteristics. Military pilots demonstrated various visual scan patterns for searching and aiming to different types of targets based on the research settings of flight simulator. The findings would facilitate system designers’ understandings of military pilots’ cognitive processes during tactical operations. It will assist human-centered interface design to improve pilots’ situational awareness. The application of an eye-tracking device integrated with a flight simulator is a feasible and cost-effective intervention to improve efficiency and safety of tactical training.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationWen-Chin Li, Chung-San Yu, Graham Braithwaite and Matthew Greaves. Pilot’s attention distributions between chasing a moving target and a stationary target. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, Volume 87, Number 12, December 2016, pp989-995en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0095-6562
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10704
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherAerospace Medical Associationen_UK
dc.rightsPublished by Aerospace Medical Association. This is the Author Accepted Manuscript. This article may be used for personal use only. Please refer to any applicable publisher terms of use.
dc.subjectattentional processesen_UK
dc.subjecteye movementsen_UK
dc.subjectmental workloaden_UK
dc.subjectsimulation and trainingen_UK
dc.subjectsituation awarenessen_UK
dc.titlePilot’s attention distributions between chasing a moving target and a stationary targeten_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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