I remember reading about how pilots in Vietnam would shut off all the
warning alarms in their cockpits because the noise was too distracting.

It seems counter-productive to me to have an alarm that warns you of a
missle and at the same time impairs your ability to get away from it....

m

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Marc L Carter, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology 
Baker University College of Arts & Sciences
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:14 PM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: Re: [tips] NASA developing brain-monitor hats for 
> airline pilots
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> "'No matter how much training pilots have, conditions could 
> occur when too much is going on in the cockpit,' said NASA 
> biomedical engineer Angela Harrivel."
> 
> Yes, and I would think the last thing you need at that point 
> is yet another message telling you that you have too many 
> messages. :-)
> 
> Chris
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> > VERY interesting article! Sent to me by a friend who is a 
> pilot--and 
> > who thinks it's a ridiculous idea. But I've seen him change 
> his mind 
> > on other important issues ;)
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> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/27/nasa_brain_monitor_hats/
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> > Annette
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