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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mariateresa Sestito\, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´\, Presentatio
 n title: Grasping the world from a cockpit: investigating embodied neural 
 mechanisms underlying human performance in aviation context. \n \nGrasping
  the world from a cockpit: embodied neural mechanisms underlying human per
 formance and ergonomics in aviation context\nMariateresa Sestito\, Jeff Na
 dor\, John Flach\, Assaf Harel\nABSTRACT\nIn the current work\, we present
  a neuroergonomic approach that combines insights from ecological psycholo
 gy and embodied cognition with a neurophysiological framework to explain p
 atterns of human performance across a variety of aviation contexts. The fi
 eld of aviation provides a unique opportunity to investigate how perceptio
 n\, action and cognition interact in complex yet controlled ecologically v
 alid environments. We suggest that the Mirror Neuron (MN) system (Rizzolat
 ti and Craighero 2004) can be used as a neural correlate of the interactio
 n between an agent and the environment (Gibson\, 1969) and thus provide ke
 y insights to understanding complex behavior. MN activity underlies motor 
 simulation of the observed actions\, and therefore can be used to assess e
 xperience and skills involved with task-relevant actions – like flying an 
 airplane (Callan et al.\, 2012\; 2013). Further\, reflecting the direct co
 upling between perception and action the MN system is automatic and implic
 it and thus can be harnessed to improve human factors design and ergonomic
 s (Sestito et al.\, under review). The potential areas of study and applic
 ations of our approach involve: 1) enhancing flight training by isolating 
 specific agent-environment relations\; 2) tracking training progression ba
 sed on behavioral and brain signatures related to flight expertise\; and 3
 ) ecological inspired design of next generation human-machine interfaces i
 n flight decks. \n \nTo illustrate the utility of our framework\, I will p
 resent a recent study from our lab using an EEG measure of the MN system t
 o quantify and assess flight expertise. Mu rhythms or sensorimotor rhythms
  are synchronized patterns of electrical activity involving large numbers 
 of neurons in the part of the brain that controls voluntary movement. Thes
 e patterns can be measured by EEG at a frequency of 8–13 Hz over the motor
  cortex. A person suppresses mu wave patterns when he or she performs a mo
 tor action. Moreover\, the mu wave is suppressed when one observes another
  person performing a motor action. For this reason\, these neurophysiologi
 cal responses are regarded as an EEG correlate of the Mirror Neuron System
  (Hobson and Bishop 2017). In this study\, we want to investigate if there
  is a difference between pilots and novices in the sensorimotor activity (
 mu suppression) when asked to make judgments in a landing scenario. Accord
 ing to the hypothesis\, brain activity is expected to be modulated based o
 n participants’ attunement (flight expertise) to a given environment (aeri
 al view of a runaway)\, and the related task (landing an airplane).\nBIO\n
 Mariateresa Sestito received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University
  of Parma Italy in 2014. She earned a MS in Neuropsychology and Rehabilita
 tion in 2007\, and became a board certified Psychologist in 2009. Mariater
 esa holds a Light Sport Airplanes certificate\, and she is currently worki
 ng toward getting her Private Pilot License in U.S.  \nIn previous researc
 h projects at the Department of Neuroscience Parma\, Mariateresa studied t
 he neurophysiological correlates of emotion perception and phenomenology i
 n Schizophrenia. During her postdoc at the French National Center for Scie
 ntific Research (CNRS) in Lyon France\, she investigated the neural mechan
 isms underlying decision making\, motivation and reward processing in pati
 ents with neurological and psychiatric illnesses.\nMariateresa’s current p
 ostdoc at the Human Neuroscience and Visual Cognition Lab at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ 
 is focused on aviation psychology. She is especially interested in the app
 lication of the embodied cognition approach to human performance and human
 -machine interface design.\n 
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T121500
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SUMMARY:Psychology Brown Bag: Grasping the world from a cockpit: investigat
 ing embodied neural mechanisms underlying human performance in aviation co
 ntext.
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 rld-cockpit-investigating-embodied-neural-mechanisms
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