TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Stress assessment by combining neurophysiological signals and radio communications of air traffic controllers
JO  - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
A1  - Borghini, Gianluca
A1  - Bandini, Andrea
A1  - Orlandi, Silvia
A1  - Di Flumeri, Gianluca
A1  - Aricò, Pietro
A1  - Sciaraffa, Nicolina
A1  - Ronca, Vincenzo
A1  - Bonelli, Stefano
A1  - Ragosta, Martina
A1  - Tomasello, Paola
A1  - Turhan, Uğur
A1  - Acikel, Birsen
A1  - Ozan, Ali
A1  - Imbert, Jean Paul
A1  - Granger, Géraud
A1  - Benhacene, Raïlane
A1  - Drogoul, Fabrice
A1  - Babiloni, Fabio
SP  - 851
EP  - 854
VL  - 2020
IS  - 
N2  - Air Traffic Control (ATC) has been classified as the fourth most stressful job. In this regard, sixteen controllers were asked to perform ecological ATC simulation during which behavioral (Radio Communications with pilots - RCs), subjective (stress perception) and neurophysiological signals (brain activity and skin conductance - SC) were collected. All the considered parameters reported significant changes under high stress conditions. In particular, the theta, alpha, and beta brain rhythms increased significantly (all p<0.05) all over the brain areas, and both the SC components exhibited higher values (p<0.01). Additionally, the number of speech under high stress decreased significantly (p<10-4) while both the mean and median value of the F0 component of the RC increased (p<0.01). The results can be employed to objectively measure and track the controller's stress level while dealing with ATC activities to better tailoring the workshift and maintaining high safety levels.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2375-7477
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175958
ID  - ref1
ER  -