APPLICATION OF EYE-TRACKING TECHNOLOGY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR ASSESSING FLIGHT OPERATORS. PART 1: ANALISE OF FLIGHT OPERATORS’ ATTENTION DISTRIBUTION AND SWITCHING USING EYE-TRACKING

Abstract

The paper presents the results of an experiment devoted to studying attention distribution and switching using eye-tracking technology. The experiment was conducted in two stages. At the first stage (year 2016), 48students majoring in air traffic control were examined. At the second stage (year 2017), 43students studying to become civil aviation pilots were involved. Correlation analysis methods and Pearson’s chi-squared test were used.

Keywords

• professional psychological selection
• professional quality
• eye-tracking
• attention
• distraction tolerance