Cognitive Impairment, Situational Anxiety, Skills, Coping
Conditions
Keywords
Cognitive load, Military helicopter pilots
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to identify the effect of the increase of the situation demands, with or without a thread, on military helicopter pilot's cognitive load, depending on their skills acquisition (at the beginning, midway and end of training course). This study is carried out on a simulator, in virtual reality and allows to identify the moments of cognitive load enhancement and the associated indicators such as subjective, physiological and behavioural indicators. Recommendations will be done to go towards an individualization of the lessons during the pilots education, by anticipating an overload which has a deleterious effect on learning.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
* Being a trainee at the Instructional center of helicopter crews * Being more than 18 years old * Being insured under the French social security system * Having the bases to pilot helicopters * Having signed the non-opposition form
Exclusion criteria
* Being minor or an incapacitated adult * Being in a motor handicap situation * Having a cardiac pathology * Having a visual pathology that is uncorrected by glasses or lens * Having a bad audition * Having a psychiatric disorder, a neurologic or organic disorder requiring a medical treatment * Taking psychotropics * Drinking more than 28 units of alcohol per week * Being epileptic
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Subjective level of cognitive load | It is completed during 5 minutes after each of the six scenarios | The NASA-TLX questionnaire is used to assess the subjective level of cognitive load |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Objective level of cognitive load | It is measured during each of the six scenarios lasting around 5 minutes | It is measures by physiological indicators ( cardiac activity and electroencephalogram) and behavioural indicators (tasks performance, ocular saccades and blinks) |
| Subjective level of anxiety | It is measured during 1 minute after each of the six scenarios | It is measured by a visual analogue scale |
| Objective level of anxiety | It is measured during each of the six scenarios lasting around 5 minutes | It is measured by the electrodermal activity |
| Subjective level of fatigue | It is measured during 1 minute before each of the six scenarios | It is measured by the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale |
Contacts
Primary ContactJulie ALBENTOSA
Outcome results
None listed