Comparison research on the inhibition of return capacity of attention between expert and novice pilots / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the differences in the inhibition of return (IOR) capacity of attention between expert and novice pilots.Methods Compared the capacity of IOR of 10 expert pilots and 10 novice pilots under the conditions of adjacent and spaced clueing positions by experiment and by means of simultaneous cueing processes.Results These data suggested that in simultaneous cueing processes,no matter that the clueing positions were adjacent or spaced,the reaction time of expert pilots( adjacent(428.01 ± 64.89) ms,spaced(425.24 ± 63.94 ) ms) was slower novice pilots ( adjacent( 363.05 ± 38.95 ) ms,spaced( 360.61 ± 41.70 ) ms )(P ＜ 0.01 ) ; the capacity of IOR in no matter that the clueing positions were adjacent or spaced.The expert pilots showed IOR at only one location when the 5 clues all appearance in simultaneous cueing processes (P＜ 0.05 ),and no IOR could be see in the other locations.The novice pilots showed IOR when the from 3 to 5 of clues appearance in simultaneous cueing processes,the disparity was significantly predominance(P＜ 0.01 ).Conclusion The expert pilots of stability of capacity of IOR is better than novice pilots,and show solidly and highly efficient space searching ability.