Cognitive Load Assessment of Helicopter Pilots in Training
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-50
SponsorDirection Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
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
Disqualifiers
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
Trial population
Military helicopter pilots trainees
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
No trial groups listed
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Subjective level of cognitive load
The NASA-TLX questionnaire is used to assess the subjective level of cognitive load
Time frame
It is completed during 5 minutes after each of the six scenariosSecondary outcomes
1
Objective level of cognitive load
It is measures by physiological indicators ( cardiac activity and electroencephalogram) and behavioural indicators (tasks performance, ocular saccades and blinks)
Time frame
It is measured during each of the six scenarios lasting around 5 minutes2
Subjective level of anxiety
It is measured by a visual analogue scale
Time frame
It is measured during 1 minute after each of the six scenarios3
Objective level of anxiety
It is measured by the electrodermal activity
Time frame
It is measured during each of the six scenarios lasting around 5 minutes4
Subjective level of fatigue
It is measured by the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
Time frame
It is measured during 1 minute before each of the six scenariosLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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