Current Perspectives on Cognition and Decision Making in Aviation

The intent of this symposium is to discuss the most recent research trends with respect to cognition and decision-making in aviation. Participants in the symposium will present several different perspectives on current issues being investigated. Phil Smith will discuss issues involving information management to support collaborative decision making in the national airspace system. Judith Orasanu will present ongoing NASA work looking at pilot risk assessment. Mica Endsley will discuss a recent model developed to examine the effect of disruptions on Situation Awareness and decision making in Air Traffic Control as well as in the cockpit. Kathleen Mosier will present Coherence/Correspondence, Intuition -< Analysis as theoretical frameworks within which to discuss cognition in the automated cockpit. Together, these presentations will provide an overview of the most current developments and perspectives on cognitive processes and decision making in the aviation domain.