Higher Functions And Perception Flashcards
A danger associated with mental models is
We always seek info to confirm it
The mental model comprises of
Our experiences and learning
Once we have a mental model
It becomes difficult to alter
Perception utilises
Past experience and learning
Spatial orientation in flight is difficult since
G forces can confuse the natural sense of up and down and the horizon may not be visible in the darkness
Mental models
Info received through senses combined with past knowledge and experience to form a mental model
Mental model can cause
Situational awareness to be lost
Top down processing
Info is compared with past knowledge and experience
Bottom down processing
Info is received by senses is enoufh to create a useful perception of the world
Somatogravic illusion gives pilots a false impression of
Climbing or descending
Vertigo is
The sensation of rotating when you’re acc stationary
Vertigo is caused by
Blocked Eustachian tubes
Inner ear infection
Accelerations or high loadings
Autokinetic illusions
Brain lacks enoufh background info to decide that an object is stationary so it doesn’t compensate for natural movement of the eyes
Upsloping, bright and narrow runway gives you the illusion
That you’re high on the approach
So you pitch down and undershoot
Wide, dim and downhill runway gives you the illusion that you’re
Too low so you pitch up and overshoot
