Vestibular stimuli may degrade situation awareness even when spatial disorientation is not experienced

Lawson, Ben D.; Smith, Sara A.; Kennedy, Robert S.; Kass, Steven J.; Muth, Eric R.

doi:10.1037/e428522005-001

Cited by 3 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 41 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Some studies have revealed that SD events adversely affect pilot's cognitive performance (Gresty et al, 2008;Sen et al, 2002;Stróżak et al, 2018;Webb et al, 2012), which in turn reduces flying efficiency. It should be emphasized that more than half of the incidents of SD are not recognized by the pilot (Previc and Ercoline 2004); therefore, his/her cognitive impairment may occur even if he/she is not aware of the SD (Lawson et al, 2002).…”

Section: Studies On Spatial Disorientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Attentive Blank Stare Under Simulator-induced Spatial Disorientation Events

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective This study investigated the effect of the spatial disorientation (SD) events on an attentive blank stare in the cockpit scene and demonstrated how much the flight task and visual delayed discrimination task were competing for the pilots’ attention. Background SD in flight is the leading cause of human error-related aircraft accidents in the military, general and commercial aviation, and has been an unsolved problem since the inception of flight. In-flight safety research, visually scanning cockpit instruments, and detecting changes are critical countermeasures against SD. Method Thirty male military pilots were performing a dual task involving piloting a flight simulator and visual change detection, while eye movements were obtained using an eye tracker. Results Pilots made more flight errors and spent less time gazing at the area of change in SD-conflict than in non-conflict flights. The vestibular origin SD-conflict led not only to deteriorated piloting and visual scanning but also to problems coordinating overt and covert attention, resulting in lower noticeability of visual changes despite gazing at them. Conclusion Our study shows that looking at a given area in space is not a sufficient condition for effective covert attention allocation and the correct response to a visual stimulus. It seems to be important to make pilots aware of this during SD training. Application To reduce change blindness, some strategies, such as reducing the number of secondary tasks is extremely valuable. Particular efforts should also be focused on improving the design of the aircraft cockpit by increasing the conspicuousness of critical information.

show abstract

Section: Studies On Spatial Disorientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Attentive Blank Stare Under Simulator-induced Spatial Disorientation Events

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Motion sickness has operational ramifications beyond those triggered by the discomfort associated with nausea. In fact, the most commonly documented motion-related performance decrements occur in tasks that are directly relevant to situation awareness, such as tasks requiring concentration, target tracking, navigation plotting, and time estimation (Lawson et al, 2003).…”

Section: Prevalence and Magnitude Of The Motion Sickness Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Motion stimuli even affect muscular coordination and equilibrium (Lawson et al, 2003). Of special interest to USSOCOM, seasickness is known to be greatest for small vessels (Pethybridge, 1982), such as those critical to expeditionary or special operations.…”

Section: Prevalence and Magnitude Of The Motion Sickness Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Three of the tests below (Complex Reaction Time, Logical Reasoning, and Matching to Sample) were administered as they appear in USSOCOM's MRPM (Thomas et al, 1994;Shurtleff et al, 1994). Two others (Simple Reaction Time and Time Estimation) were supplied by the NAMRL due to their relevance to the detection of sedation (Simple Reaction Time) or motion side-effects (Time Estimation) (Lawson et al, 2003).…”

Section: Cognitive Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Evaluation of Several Common Antimotion Sickness Medications and Recommendations Concerning Their Potential Usefulness During Special Operations

Lawson¹,

McGee²,

Castaneda³

et al. 2009

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number.

show abstract

“…In other words, the pilot is not adequately aware of their aircraft's position, orientation, or motion, as defined by the pilot's cognitive awareness and/or experience in relation to their instruments. SD can therefore have catastrophic consequences, which are known to contribute to numerous aviation mishaps (Lawson et al, 2003). For instance, Poisson et al (2014) analyzed 72 SD-related accidents between 1993 and 2013, which resulted in the loss of 101 lives, 65 aircraft, and $2.32 billion.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proof of Concept for a Data-Driven Vr Spatial Disorientation Training Tool for Navy Pilots

Erickson,

Hidalgo,

Reynolds

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Spatial disorientation (SD) contributes to at least 30% of aviation mishaps, with most being fatal. These mishaps involve not only complex interactions between human, machine, mission, and environment, but also multiple internal neurophysiological systems. Given the complexity of these dynamics, SD competency (i.e., the ability to recognize, confirm, and recover from an SD incident) is hard to predict and teach in the classroom. The Aptima team has developed a data-driven, practical, and realistic virtual reality (VR) training platform for SD called MAVIS, which includes a set of subjective, objective (performance), and physiological measures to rigorously evaluate SD competencies. Preliminary results of this proof of concept confirm the validity of our theoretical framework with a small sample, although rigorous experimentation with a larger sample will be required to validate the approach and justify its operational use. These preliminary results indicated that (1) the MAVIS protocol induces SD; and (2) self-report, performancebased, and neurophysiological measures seem to associate with SD induction and its sequelae.

show abstract

Vestibular stimuli may degrade situation awareness even when spatial disorientation is not experienced

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

An Attentive Blank Stare Under Simulator-induced Spatial Disorientation Events

An Attentive Blank Stare Under Simulator-induced Spatial Disorientation Events

Evaluation of Several Common Antimotion Sickness Medications and Recommendations Concerning Their Potential Usefulness During Special Operations

Proof of Concept for a Data-Driven Vr Spatial Disorientation Training Tool for Navy Pilots

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About