A new facet of category theory: cognitive disadvantage and its implications for safety in the cockpit

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dc.contributor.authorClewley, Richard
dc.contributor.authorNixon, Jim
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T13:02:51Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T13:02:51Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-28
dc.description.abstractThe typicality effect suggests typical category members provide a cognitive advantage, such as being quicker and easier to recognise and describe. The reverse effect has not been explored in an applied environment. Non-typical flight safety events appear to pose problems for pilots, leading to delayed recognition and ineffective use of checklists. Fifty-six airline pilots completed an experiment that tested a real-world typicality gradient, comparing pilot performance on a group of four non-typical events against four randomly selected events. Non-typical flight safety events elicited a greater number of response errors and a greater response latency when compared with a random selection of safety events. We specify and measure cognitive disadvantage and suggest innovations in pilot education, such as locating troublesome events and improving recognition guidance. Our new findings can be used to better prepare pilots for event diversity and inform safety in other work systems of interest to ergonomics.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationClewley R, Nixon J. (2023) A new facet of category theory: cognitive disadvantage and its implications for safety in the cockpit. Ergonomics, Volume 66, Issue 6, 2023, pp. 762-771en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0014-0139
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2022.2125587
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18520
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectCognitive disadvantageen_UK
dc.subjectcategoriesen_UK
dc.subjecttypicality effecten_UK
dc.subjectflight safety eventsen_UK
dc.subjectpilot responseen_UK
dc.titleA new facet of category theory: cognitive disadvantage and its implications for safety in the cockpiten_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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