Examining flight time, cognitive reflection, workload, stress and metacognition on decision making performance for pilots during flight simulation.
Despite technological advancements, human decision errors still contribute to civil aviation accidents. This study investigated whether flight time, cognitive reflection, task-load, metacognition, and perceived stress predicted decision-making (DM) performance during two in-flight training simulatio...
| Publicado en: | Ergonomics Vol. 68; no. 8; pp. 1335 - 1348 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2025
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