Task difficulty and physiological measures of mental workload in air traffic control: a scoping review.

This study provides a systematic synthesis of empirical research on mental workload (MWL) in air traffic control (ATC). MWL is a key concept in research on innovative technologies, because the assessment of MWL is crucial to the evaluation of such technologies. Our specific focus was on physiologica...

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Publicado en:Ergonomics Vol. 65; no. 8; pp. 1095 - 1119
Autores principales: Pagnotta, Murillo, Jacobs, David M., de Frutos, Patricia L., Rodríguez, Ruben, Ibáñez-Gijón, Jorge, Travieso, David
Formato: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2022
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          Pagnotta, Murillo
          Jacobs, David M.
          de Frutos, Patricia L.
          Rodríguez, Ruben
          Ibáñez-Gijón, Jorge
          Travieso, David
        affil: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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          Task Performance and Analysis Methods
          Mental Health
          Workload
          Aviation
          Brain Physiology
          Human
          Scoping Review
          Systematic Review
          Empirical Research
          Electroencephalography Methods
          Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared Methods
          Technology Utilization
      ab: This study provides a systematic synthesis of empirical research on mental workload (MWL) in air traffic control (ATC). MWL is a key concept in research on innovative technologies, because the assessment of MWL is crucial to the evaluation of such technologies. Our specific focus was on physiological measures of MWL. The used search strategy identified 39 peer-reviewed publications that analysed ATC tasks, examined different levels of difficulty of the ATC task, and considered at least one physiological measure of MWL. Positive relations between measures of MWL and task difficulty were observed most frequently, indicating that the measures indeed allowed the assessment of MWL. The most commonly used physiological measures were brain measures (EEG and fNIR) and heart rate measures. The review revealed a need for more precise descriptions of crucial experimental parameters in order to permit a transition of the field towards more interactive and dynamic types of analysis. Practitioner summary: Research on innovative technology in air traffic control (ATC) depends on assessments of mental workload (MWL). We reviewed empirical research on MWL in ATC. Brain and heart measures often allow assessments of MWL. Better descriptions of experiments are needed to allow comparisons among studies and more dynamic and interactive analyses.
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