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Level of operator control and changes in heart rate variability during simulated flight maintenance.

Tattersall, Andrew J., Hockey, G. Robert J.·1995·Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
DOI 10.1518/001872095778995517
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The demands of dynamic monitoring and fault diagnosis for flight engineer trainees were examined in relation to changes in heart rate (HR) and two spectral analysis measures (midfrequency: 0.07-0.14 Hz; high frequency: 0.15-0.40 Hz) of heart rate variability (HRV). Eleven trainee flight engineers were studied, as part of their training and assessment, over three 3-h sessions in a cockpit simulator. During each session, faults and incidents programmed into the system had to be detected, diagnosed, and corrected. Electrocardiograms were taken, and each session was recorded on videotape. Work phases were classified from video analysis of flight maintenance activities, using Rasmussen's cognitive control taxonomy, into monitoring, routine (rule-based), and problem-solving (knowledge-based) phases. HR and HRV were found to be sensitive to different phases of the work environment. HRV was suppressed during the mentally demanding problemsolving mode of the level flight phase, but only for the midfrequency component. Elevated heart rate, in contrast, was associated with the more generally stressful takeoff and landing phases. The findings support both the use of HRV as a physiological index of mental effort and its value in operational contexts, and the value of ecologically derived methods of evaluating differences in work demands in complex systems.

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Authors
Tattersall, A. J., & Hockey, G. R. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Wales (GB)
  • University of Hull (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1995-12
Volume
37
Issue
4
Pages
682-698
ISSN
  • 0018-7208 (ISSN-L)
  • 1547-8181
DOI
10.1518/001872095778995517
OpenAlex
W2098646662
Cited by
126
References
32
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FWCI
0.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
Keywords
heart rate variability, heart rate, operator control, cognitive effort, physiological stress indicators, problem solving, monitoring, cockpit simulator, work phases, job demands
MeSH terms
Adult, Aircraft, Arousal, Attention, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Military Personnel, Electrocardiography, Ambulatory, Workload

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