Now you see it, now you don’t: dynamism amplifies the typicality effect

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dc.contributor.authorClewley, Richard
dc.contributor.authorNixon, Jim
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-15T14:27:21Z
dc.date.available2021-10-15T14:27:21Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-07
dc.description.abstractSome safety events do not stabilise in a coherent state, presenting with transient or intermittent features. Such dynamism may pose problems for human performance, especially if combined with non-typical stimuli that are rarely encountered in everyday work. This may explain undesirable pilot behaviour and could be an important cognitive factor in recent aircraft accidents. Sixty-five airline pilots tested a real-world typicality gradient, composed of two cockpit events, a typical event, and a non-typical event, across two different forms of dynamism, a stable, single system transition, and an unstable, intermittent system transition. We found that non-typical event stimuli elicited a greater number of response errors and incurred an increased response latency when compared to typical event stimuli, replicating the typicality effect. These performance deteriorations were amplified when a form of unstable system dynamism was introduced. Typical stimuli were unaffected by dynamism. This indicates that dynamic, non-typical events are problematic for pilots and may lead to poor event recognition and response. Typical is advantageous, even if dynamic. Manufacturers and airlines should evolve pilot training and crew procedures to take account of variety in event dynamics.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationClewley R, Nixon J. (2021) Now you see it, now you don’t: dynamism amplifies the typicality effect. Cognition Technology and Work, Volume 24, Issue 3, August 2022, pp. 473-481en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1435-5558
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-021-00686-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17175
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectDynamic eventsen_UK
dc.subjectTypicality effecten_UK
dc.subjectFlight safetyen_UK
dc.subjectPilot responseen_UK
dc.titleNow you see it, now you don’t: dynamism amplifies the typicality effecten_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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