Toward the Use of Pupillary Responses for Pilot Selection

Nadine Matton (1) , Pierre-Vincent Paubel (2) , Sébastien Puma (3)

1 ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile
2 CLLE - Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie
3 UCP - Université de Cergy Pontoise

Task-induced mental workload of pilot students was assessed at the beginning of their training on a laboratory task. Their two year flight training outcome was associated with characteristic pupil size variations, discriminating the most and less proficient students. Results could be interpreted in line with the neural efficiency hypothesis.

Mots clés: mental workload; eye behavior; individual differences; pilot training; neural efficiency

Domaines: Sciences cognitives; Psychologie

Nadine Matton, Pierre-Vincent Paubel, Sébastien Puma. Toward the Use of Pupillary Responses for Pilot Selection. Human Factors, 2022, 64 (3), pp.001872082094516. ⟨10.1177/0018720820945163⟩. ⟨hal-02937972⟩