The influence of spatial ability and experience on performance during spaceship rendezvous and docking

	The influence of spatial ability and experience on performance during spaceship rendezvous and docking
	Du, Xiaoping 1; Zhang, Yijing 1,2,3; Tian, Yu 2; Huang, Weifen 1,2; Wu, Bin 1; Zhang, Jingyu3
刊名	FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
	2015-07-15
卷号	6 期号:0 页码:955
关键词	spatial ability experience task performance manual rendezvous and docking astronaut selection astronaut training
ISSN号	1664-1078
英文摘要	Manual rendezvous and docking (manual RVD) is a challenging space task for astronauts. Previous research showed a correlation between spatial ability and manual RVD skills among participants at early stages of training, but paid less attention to experts. Therefore, this study tried to explore the role of spatial ability in manual RVD skills in two groups of trainees, one relatively inexperienced and the other experienced operators. Additionally, mental rotation has been proven essential in RVD and was tested in this study among 27 male participants, 15 novices, and 12 experts. The participants performed manual RVD tasks in a high fidelity simulator. Results showed that experience moderated the relation between mental rotation ability and manual RVD performance. On one hand, novices with high mental rotation ability tended to perform that RVD task more successfully; on the other hand, experts with high mental rotation ability showed not only no performance advantage in the final stage of the RVD task, but had certain disadvantages in their earlier processes. Both theoretical and practical implications were discussed.
收录类别	SSCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000357987400001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/15188]
专题	心理研究所_社会与工程心理学研究室
作者单位	1.China Astronaut Res & Training Ctr, Beijing 100094, Peoples R China 2.Natl Key Lab Human Factors Engn, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Du, Xiaoping,Zhang, Yijing,Tian, Yu,et al. The influence of spatial ability and experience on performance during spaceship rendezvous and docking[J]. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY,2015,6(0):955.
APA	Du, Xiaoping,Zhang, Yijing,Tian, Yu,Huang, Weifen,Wu, Bin,&Zhang, Jingyu.(2015).The influence of spatial ability and experience on performance during spaceship rendezvous and docking.FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY,6(0),955.
MLA	Du, Xiaoping,et al."The influence of spatial ability and experience on performance during spaceship rendezvous and docking".FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 6.0(2015):955.