@article{ref1,
title="Pilot performance during flight simulation with peripherally presented visual signals",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="1978",
author="Schwank, Jock C. H. and Bermudez, John M. and Smith, Bruce A. and Harris, Dickie A.",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="222-226",
abstract="The increasing complexity of modern aircraft systems places a substantial information processing load on the pilot. This complexity has created a need for alternative methods of non-obtrusive instrument displays. Recent studies indicate dual, independent systems for focal and peripheral vision. In view of non-conscience processing by the far periphery, it follows that the far peripheral visual field would be a possible location for alternate instrument displays.This report is a culmination of two experiments, involving 48 male pilot trainees, that investigated the effectiveness of 3 types of instrument displays during flight in a GAT-1 simulator. Both experiments showed that there was no decrement in pilot performance during a complex instrument maneuver, involving normal and peripheral displays. Subjects were less prone to deviate from a given compass heading using the peripheral display (P < .001). A secondary task (digit canceling) used to simulate secondary tasks involved in actual flight also did not diminish performance across displays. These results are consistent with a dual theory of visual processing and the notion of non-obtrusive prompting.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/107118137802200159",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107118137802200159"
}