An Analysis of Intention Formation as a Function of Prospective Memory in Air Traffic Controllers

<p>Prospective memory, or memory for future intents, is an important part of everyone's daily life. Air traffic controllers whose jobs are based in an environment that taxes their memory resources for extended periods of time rely on this type of memory. Controllers objectives often change based on incoming information and the amount of traffic they are controlling. It is important to investigate how controllers form intentions for future events, what processes facilitate retrieval of this information, and establish what influence experience may have. This study proposes to assess controllers in an air traffic scenario by employing a cognitive task analysis to determine when intentions are formed. The experimenter expects that controllers who form explicit intentions for specified future actions will perform better and that experience will facilitate intention formation.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Human Factors & Systems

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Factors and Systems

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Nagle, Jennifer

Contributors dc:contributor

• Christina M. Frederick
• Jon French
• John Griffin

• intention formation
• prospective memory
• air traffic controllers
• Cognitive Psychology
• Multi-Vehicle Systems and Air Traffic Control

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/db-theses/155

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:db-theses-1216