TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Dietary Effects on Cognition and Pilots' Flight Performance
JO  - International journal of aviation psychology
A1  - Lindseth, Glenda N.
A1  - Lindseth, Paul D.
A1  - Jensen, Warren C.
A1  - Petros, Thomas V.
A1  - Helland, Brian D.
A1  - Fossum, Debra L.
SP  - 269
EP  - 282
VL  - 21
IS  - 3
N2  - The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of diet on cognition and flight performance of 45 pilots. Based on a theory of self-care, this clinical study used a repeated-measure, counterbalanced crossover design. Pilots were randomly rotated through 4-day high-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat, and control diets. Cognitive flight performance was evaluated using a GAT-2 full-motion flight simulator. The Sternberg short-term memory test and Vandenberg's mental rotation test were used to validate cognitive flight test results. Pilots consuming a high-protein diet had significantly poorer (p < .05) overall flight performance scores than pilots consuming high-fat and high-carbohydrate diets.<p />
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SN  - 1050-8414
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10508414.2011.582454
ID  - ref1
ER  -