年龄和飞行经验对航空公司飞行员前额叶皮质活动的影响:fNIRS研究
Kenji Kawaguchi1, Yohei Nikai1, Satoshi Yomota2
1Crew Resources Development, Flight Operation Center, ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS, Co., LTD., Tokyo 144-8525, Japan.
Heliyon
|May 6, 2024
概括
专家飞行员显示出与衰老相关的独特大脑活动模式. 本研究探讨了使用飞行模拟器的飞行员的认知功能,以评估技能能力和与年龄相关的变化.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 航空心理学 航空心理学
- 人类因素工程 人类因素工程
背景情况:
- 认知衰老会影响飞行员的表现,需要对大脑机制进行研究.
- 执行功能和工作记忆对于保持机组人员能力至关重要.
- 有限的研究专门研究了飞行员年龄相关的认知变化.
研究的目的:
- 研究衰老对航空公司飞行员的认知影响.
- 在飞行模拟任务期间检查背侧前额皮层 (DLPFC) 活动.
- 评估大脑活动和技能能力的年龄相关差异.
主要方法:
- 在不同年龄和经验水平的飞行员中测量了背侧前额皮层 (DLPFC) 活动.
- 使用飞行模拟器来评估飞行员在操纵任务中的表现.
- 为了客观量化飞行员技能,采用了非侵入性方法.
主要成果:
- 专家 (老年) 飞行员的左侧DLPFC活动比右侧DLPFC活动更大.
- 年轻的学员比专家飞行员显示出更高的错误率和较低的DLPFC活动.
- 在年轻的学员中,没有观察到左侧与右侧DLPFC活动的显著差异.
结论:
- 飞行员经验,特别是超过20年的经验,可能会影响DLPFC活动中观察到的与年龄相关的认知变化.
- 飞行模拟提供了一种可行的非侵入性方法来评估飞行员的能力和认知功能.
- 调查结果表明,有潜力对老年飞行员进行客观技能评估.
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