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Human Performance

2.6.2.1 Medication ............................................................................................ 172

2.6.3 Stress .......................................................................................................... 172
2.6.3.1 Stress and performance ........................................................................ 172

2.6.3.2 Types of stress ...................................................................................... 174

2.6.3.3 Acute stress – 3 levels ........................................................................... 174
2.6.4 Alcohol ....................................................................................................... 175

2.6.5 Fatique and exhaustion ............................................................................. 176

2.6.5.1 Fatique .................................................................................................. 176
2.6.5.2 Exhaustion ............................................................................................. 176

2.6.5.3 Fatique and stress in connecting with take-off and landing .......... 178

2.6.6 Other .......................................................................................................... 179

2.6.6.1 Circadian rhythm................................................................................... 180
2.6.6.2 Sleep ...................................................................................................... 180

2.6.6.3 Food and fluids...................................................................................... 181
2.6.6.4 Emotions ............................................................................................... 181

2.6.6.5 Motion sickness .................................................................................... 181

2.6.6.6 SCUBA diving ......................................................................................... 182
2.6.6.7 Nitrogen poisoning ............................................................................... 183

2.6.6.8 Blood donor .......................................................................................... 184

2.6.6.9 Surgery and open wounds .................................................................... 184
2.7 Basic flight psychology ....................................................................... 185

2.7.1 Memory ...................................................................................................... 185
2.7.1.1 How the brain learns and remembers .................................................. 185

2.7.1.2 How the brain forgets ........................................................................... 186

2.7.1.3 Three types of memory ........................................................................ 186
2.7.1.4 Short-Term memory ............................................................................. 187

2.7.1.5 Long-Term memory .............................................................................. 188

2.7.1.6 When are we most likely to remember? .............................................. 188
2.7.2 Attention ..................................................................................................... 189

2.7.2.1 What is attention .................................................................................. 189

2.7.2.2 Attention and learning .......................................................................... 190
2.7.2.3 Attention and age ................................................................................. 190

2.7.2.4 Improving attention skills ..................................................................... 190

2.7.2.5 Attention and concentration ................................................................ 191

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