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Industrial Neuroscience in Aviation

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In operational environments, safety of people relies on the work and efficiency of one or more operators: in such contexts, a human error could have serious and dramatic consequences. For example, in the transports’ domain, the passengers’ safety depends on the performance of the Pilot(s), on the Air Traffic Controller(s), or on the Driver(s). In general, Human Factors (HFs) have consistently been identified as one of the main factors—in a high proportion—of all workplaces accidents.

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    Gianluca Borghini

  2. BrainSigns, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Pietro Aricò

  3. BrainSigns, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Gianluca Di Flumeri

  4. BrainSigns, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Fabio Babiloni

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Borghini, G., Aricò, P., Di Flumeri, G., Babiloni, F. (2017). Introduction. In: Industrial Neuroscience in Aviation. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58598-7_1

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