Commentary on Endsley's 'Situation Awareness Misconceptions and Misunderstandings'

摘要

Summarizing 25 years of research in just under 100 words near the end of her article, Endsley (2015) succinctly outlines the far-reaching effects that the concatenation of two seemingly simple words has had on both research and operational communities. Endsley states, Over the past 25 years the construct of SA [situation awareness] has moved from revolutionary newcomer to the mainstream. Numerous articles have been written on what it is and how it works cognitively, based primarily on research in ecologically valid settings with experts. The SA construct evolved in real world environments where pilots struggled to keep up with the rapidly changing information provided by a myriad of sensors, displays and new technologies and the complexity and challenges of the flight environment, and has spread to a wide variety of domains that struggle with many of the same challenges.