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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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