NTL Record

Title Effects of backscatter of brief high intensity light on physiological responses of instrument-rated pilots and non-pilots.
Record ID 39184
Personal Name
Creator
Zeiner, Arthur R.; Brecher, Gerhard A.
Corporate Creator University of Oklahoma. Health Sciences Center
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19720300
Language English
Abstract Thirty-nine human subjects were exposed to reptitive backscatter light stimulation (off a white wall or fog) from a Grimes capacitance discharge airplane anticollision light flashing at 1.27 Hertz. Both tonic (light stimulus absent) and phasic (light stimulus present) stimulus-bound occipital EEG, heart rate, respiration, skin potentials, and eyeblinks were recorded. The results suggest that, although the flashing anticollision light induces changes in physiological measures which are resistant to habituation, these changes do not extend to the induction of nausea.
Rosap ID dot:20987
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20987
TRT Terms Air pilots; Light scattering; Physiological aspects; Vision; Visual perception; Alertness; Attention; Fear; Annoyance; Perception; Depth perception; Distance perception; Physiological fatigue; Brain; Respiratory system; Galvanic skin response; Eye; Eye movements; Heart rate; Drowsiness; Warning devices; Questionnaires; Luminous intensity; Statistics; Human subject testing
General Subjects Air pilots; Airplanes--Lighting; Airplanes--Collision avoidance; Backscattering--Physiological aspects; Fog; Vision; Vestibular apparatus; Consciousness; Irritation (Physiology); Fear; Vertigo; Nausea; Fatigue; Galvanic skin response; Alpha rhythm; Brain; Respiration; Eyestrain; Eye--Movements; Heart beat; Electrocardiography; Drowsiness; Questionnaires
Classification NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number FAA-AM-72-8; DOT/FAA/AM-72/8
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/39000/39100/39184/AM72-08.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository