Attentional effects with superimposed symbology : implications for head-up displays (HUD)

PDFProceedingsHead up displaysCognitionAttentionHuman factorsResearchFlight simulatorsComputer modelsUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Operations BranchFoyle, David C.McCann, Robert S.Sanford, Beverly D.Schwirzke, Martin F.J.Ames Research CenterSterling Software, Inc.NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Human FactorsUS Transportation CollectionPrevious research has shown that the presence of head-up display (HUD) symbologycontaining altitude information improves altitude performance at the cost ofterrain path performance, implying that these information sources may not beavailable for concurrent cognitive processing. In two flight simulationexperiments, the influence of attentive field size on this concurrent processinglimitation was evaluated