Psychophysiological effects of aging : developing a functional age index for pilots. I., A survey of the pertinent literature.

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• Creators:
  Gerathewohl, Siegfried J.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air pilots
  • Physiological aspects
  • Psychological aspects
  • Aging (Biology)
  • Indexes (Information management)
  • Longitudinal studies
  • Cross sectional studies
  • Surveys
  • Graphs
  • Mathematical models
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FAA-AM-77-6 ; DOT/FAA/AM-77/6
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  OAM report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  This report gives a survey about selected material concerning age and aviation-related psychophysiological functions. The author analyzes the results obtained by many investigators from longitudinal and cross-sectional studies that may be useful for the development of a functional age index for pilots. ; Particular emphasis is given to studies on the effect of age differences as measured by standardized tests of sensory, perceptual, mental, cognitive and neurophysiological functions and processes, and the quantitative or objective assessment of personality traits and structure. A few examples of graphs, tables, curves, and mathematically expressed relationships between these parameters and age are given. The age-related changes of these variables and their implications to possible and actual pilot performance are discussed.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21099/dot_21099_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.94 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:364dda596f995992d178fc81224c24594e3ceb402d447dbac93e3330f85f84815eb42ddf384394489cc0ded32801f0e5cb1133831b122128c9ceba6794485d37