Hemispheric Asymmetry as Related to Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer Performance.

摘要

This report describes the application of a relatively new technology, the visual evoked potential (VEP) method of brain wave analysis, as a possible means of improving the prediction of performance in an area that has proven intractable to more conventional testing procedures--the military aviator. The subjects were 28 pilots and 30 radar intercept officers (RIOs) assigned to a Navy Readiness Training Squadron. VEP data were obtained from eight scalp electrode sites for each aviator. Ratings by the operations officer served as the criterion of performance. It was hypothesized that: (1) VEP amplitude differences would be found between the pilot and RIO groups, and (2) within the pilot and RIO groups, individual performance ratings would be related to VEP hemispheric asymmetry (amplitude differences between the right and left hemispheres). (Author)