Garrido Jimenez, Javier (2024) Cognitive Impact of a Drone-Assisted Inspection in a Space Analog Mission. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This single-participant case study examines the cognitive impacts of using a non-adaptive human-machine interaction (HMI) system during a drone-assisted environmental inspection in a space analog mission. The research specifically aimed to assess how such interaction affected situational awareness, measured through changes in spatial attention (SA) and visual working memory (VWM). Three experimental conditions were systematically evaluated: A baseline No-Drone condition where an environmental inspection was conducted without HMI support, a Drone condition involving a drone-assisted environmental inspection, and an Emergency condition simulating a high-pressure, drone-assisted inspection task. Cognitive performance metrics were quantitatively evaluated using a visual search task for SA and a delayed match-to-sample task for VWM. Response time and accuracy data were analyzed by calculating EZ diffusion model parameters, and analyzing them descriptively. Results indicated that the Drone condition may have imposed additional cognitive load, as reflected by decreased performance in SA and VWM compared to the No-Drone condition. Conversely, the Emergency condition elicited enhanced cognitive efficiency, likely facilitated by heightened arousal, which countered the cognitive load effects of the HMI system. These findings underscore the cognitive challenges posed by non-adaptive HMIs in space-related tasks and highlight the potential benefits of adaptive system designs that consider the operator’s cognitive state and environmental demands. This research contributes to the understanding of cognitive dynamics in human-machine systems within space analog settings, and lays the ground for future studies to explore these interactions with a larger sample and varied HMI configurations.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Akyurek, E.G. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2024 09:19 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2024 09:19 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3631 |
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