Stress Management Training Improves Overall Performance during Critical Simulated Situations

Stress Training Improves Performance During a Stressful Flight

OBJECTIVE This study investigated whether stress training introduced during the acquisition of simulator-based flight skills enhances pilot performance during subsequent stressful flight operations in an actual aircraft. BACKGROUND Despite knowledge that preconditions to aircraft accidents can be strongly influenced by pilot stress, little is known about the effectiveness of stress training a...

Phototherapy during treadmill training improves quadriceps performance in postmenopausal women.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of infrared-light-emitting diode (LED) during treadmill training on functional performance. METHODS Thirty postmenopausal women aged 50-60 years were randomly assigned to one of three groups and successfully completed the full study. The three groups were: (1) the LED group, which performed treadmill training associated with phototherapy (n = 10); (2) the exe...

Autogenic feedback training improves pilot performance during emergency flying conditions.

Studies have shown that autonomous mode behavior (AMB) is one cause of aircraft fatalities caused by pilot error. In AMB cases, the pilot is in a high state of psychological and physiological arousal and tends to focus on one problem, while ignoring more critical information. The following study, conducted under the auspices of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) A...

Training Teams to Take Initiative: Critical Thinking in Novel Situations

Real and Simulated Altitude Training and Performance