How attention and memory for past events interact in determining performance in an air traffic control conflict detection task

该项目解决了保护澳大利亚运输系统的优先事项，因为它涉及到作为航空人为错误来源的注意力或记忆力的丧失。成果将为培训活动的发展提供信息，这些活动旨在提高对安全业绩至关重要的注意力管理技能。该研究将加强澳大利亚在将基础科学扩展到应用领域的前沿研究方面的声誉，因为该项目是世界上为数不多的调查多项显示任务中的注意力和记忆过程的项目之一。更广泛地说，该项目将深入了解为什么个人在根据过去的经验做出决定时会犯错误。

This project addresses the priority of safeguarding Australian transportation systems because it concerns failures of attention or memory as sources of human error in aviation. Outcomes will inform the development of training exercises aimed at improving attention management skills critical to safe performance. The research will strengthen Australia's reputation for cutting edge research that extends basic science to applied domains, as this project is one of few world-wide investigating attention and memory processes in multi-item display tasks. More broadly, the project will provide insight into why individuals can make errors when basing decisions on past experience.