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  • Cognitive psychology
  • Human factors in aviation
  • Neuroscience

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  • Pilots face high cognitive demands from visual and auditory information processing.
  • High working-memory load (WML) can impair attention and responsiveness to critical stimuli.
  • Understanding WML's impact on processing linguistic information is crucial for pilot performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of manipulated WML on pilot performance.
  • To examine how WML influences the processing of relevant instructions and auditory distractors.
  • To identify electrophysiological markers of WML in a simulated aviation task.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed a simplified piloting task with written color instructions.
  • Working-memory load was manipulated using an n-back task (low vs. high WML).
  • Auditory distractors (congruent/incongruent color names) were presented concurrently; electrophysiological and autonomic measures were recorded.

Main Results:

  • Increased WML led to decreased piloting performance, larger pupil diameter, and reduced P300/P600 amplitudes.
  • Lower WML showed greater difficulty reorienting attention to instructions with incongruent distractors (lower P600).
  • This interference effect was eliminated under high WML, consistent with the engagement/distraction trade-off model.

Conclusions:

  • Working-memory load significantly impacts pilot performance and cognitive processing.
  • P300/P600 brain responses are reliable indicators of WML and its effects on linguistic stimulus processing.
  • Findings suggest WML management is critical for maintaining pilot situational awareness and task efficiency.