Situation Awareness: A Critical But Ill-Defined Phenomenon

摘要: Situation awareness has recently gained considerable attention as a performance-related psychological concept. This is especially true in the aviation domain where it considered an essential prerequisite for safe operation of complex dynamic system 'aircraft.' There are concerns, however, that inappropriately designed automatic systems introduced to advanced flight decks may reduce situation and thereby put safety at risk. thus become ubiquitous phrase. It's use most often based on intuitive understanding; commonly accepted definition still missing. To fill this gap, we analyze cognitive basis concept, embedding context related concepts. On basis, methodological approaches investigation discussed.