Title

Startle And Surprise On The Flight Deck: Similarities, Differences, And Prevalence

Abstract

Startle and surprise are often cited as potentially contributing factors to aircraft incidents due to their possible negative effects on flightcrew performance. In this paper, we provide definitions of startle and surprise with the goal of delineating their differences. In the past, these terms have often been used interchangeably; however, there are distinctive conceptual, behavioral, and physiological differences between the startle reflex and the surprise emotion. Furthermore, we investigated the prevalence of startle and surprise on the flight deck by examining voluntary incident reports in the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) and found surprise to be more prevalent than startle. Implications of these findings and limitations of our initial exploratory analysis are discussed.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volume

2014-January

Number of Pages

1047-1051

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931214581219

Socpus ID

84957670853 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84957670853

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