Physiological recording from pilots operating an aircraft simulator.

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• Creators:
  Melton, Carlton E.
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aeromedical Research Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aircraft Accidents Aircraft Pilotage Air Pilots Airplanes--Piloting Air Transportation Crashes Antihistamines Blood Pressure Body Temperature Drug Effects Drugs--Physiological Effect Electrocardiography Electroencephalography Electrooculography Experiments Eye--Movements Eye Movements Flight Simulators Flight Testing Flight Tests Galvanic Skin Response Heart Beat Heart Rate Human Subject Testing Physiological Aspects Psychological Tests Respiration Respiratory System Skin Resistance Temperature Tranquilizers Tranquilizing Drugs

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  AM 64-18 ; DOT/FAA/AM-64/18
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  The questions to be answered were reduced to the following : (1) to determine whether or not theraputic doses of two common drugs, a tranquilizer and an antihistamine, cause decrements in the operating proficiency of pilots, and (2) do those drugs when given in therapeutic doses have measureable effects on selected physiological functions?
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5835845e81991828353ae4306527d603501b0b87cf5462ffd04069f4304c0a045e4164d1c7a541fa517bb992128657c43c47c5e75a5232855186cb48a691b805
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20726/dot_20726_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 900.88 KB ]