TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Cognitive style and flight experience influence on confirmation bias in lost procedures
JO  - Aerospace medicine and human performance
A1  - Xu, Quan
A1  - Wang, Mengyun
A1  - Wang, Hongwei
A1  - Liu, Bo
A1  - You, Xuqun
A1  - Ji, Ming
SP  - 618
EP  - 626
VL  - 93
IS  - 8
N2  - BACKGROUND: Accident analysis and empirical research have shown that the decision-making process of pilots after becoming lost is adversely affected by confirmation bias; this constitutes a serious threat to aviation safety. However, the underlying mechanism of confirmation bias in the context of lost procedures are still unclear.<br><br>METHODS: This study used scenario-based map-reading tasks to conduct two experiments to explore the mechanism of confirmation bias in the lost procedures. In Experiment 1, 34 undergraduate students and 28 flying cadets were enrolled in a formal experiment to examine the effects of verbal-imagery cognitive style, experience level, and their interaction on confirmation bias. In Experiment 2, we further explored the influence of strategy as a core component of experience on confirmation bias with 26 flying cadets.<br><br>RESULTS: The study found that individuals were subject to confirmation bias in lost procedures. Visualizers (M = 0.78, SD = 0.75) were almost twice as likely to select the disconfirmatory features than verbalizers (M = 0.37, SD = 0.49). Visualizers exhibited a lower degree of confirmation bias than verbalizers, and experience helps verbalizers to reduce their degree of confirmation bias. The protective effect of experience mainly lies in individuals' choice of strategy.<br><br>DISCUSSION: Future aviation safety campaigns could be aimed at adopting a candidate selection process that focuses more on psychological attributes by testing for cognitive style, and enriching individual experience through adequate training. Such measures would reduce confirmation bias.Xu Q, Wang M, Wang H, Liu B, You X, Ji M. Cognitive style and flight experience influence on confirmation bias in lost procedures. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2022; 93(8):618-626.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2375-6314
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3357/AMHP.6026.2022
ID  - ref1
ER  -