Traitement de situations inattendues d'extrême urgence en vol : test d'un modèle cognitif auprès de pilotes experts

During the exercise of their profession, frequently pilots have to face sudden, unexpected, and often potentially dangerous, situations. They are trained to deal with these effectively, but the very short length of time available before the situation degenerates – in the order of a few seconds, a minute at most – means that the cognitive sequence of perception-diagnosis-decision-action can sometimes be carried out incorrectly due to stress and lead to a serious incident or even to an accident.An analysis of basic cognitive behaviour patterns during a critical situation in five cases of incidents and accidents, reveals common denominators within pilots’ reactions which make it possible to explain the failures observed and establish recommendations. The crucial role under stress played by a specific cognitive function associated with short-term memory is highlighted. In order to carry out this analysis it was necessary to create a dynamic model of the cognitive behaviour of pilots, bringing out the time factor, so as to make it possible to study very short sequences of a few seconds. This model can also be applied to cases other than those generating accidents, for instance to the studying and defining of systems requiring human-machine interface.The complexity and specificity of operational actions when combined into very rapid sequences led naturally to carrying out analyses making use of pilots’ expertise, according to a method which enabled validation of the hypotheses employed.Dans l’exercice de leur profession les pilotes doivent fréquemment faire face à des situations soudaines et inattendues, souvent potentiellement dangereuses. Ils sont formés pour les traiter efficacement mais cependant la brièveté du temps disponible avant que la situation ne dégénère, de l’ordre de quelques secondes, au plus la minute, fait que parfois la séquence cognitive perception-diagnostic-décision-action, peut être menée de façon incorrecte sous stress et aboutir à un incident grave ou même à un accident.A partir de l’analyse des comportements cognitifs élémentaires en situation critique dans cinq cas d’incidents et d’accidents, on arrive à déceler des dénominateurs communs aux réactions des pilotes, permettant l’explication des échecs constatés et l’établissement de recommandations. Le rôle primordial sous stress d’une fonction cognitive particulière associée à la mémoire à court terme est mis en lumière.Pour effectuer cette analyse il a été nécessaire de définir une modélisation dynamique du comportement cognitif des pilotes, où le facteur temps est explicité, permettant son étude dans des séquences très brèves de quelques secondes. Cette modélisation peut aussi s’appliquer à d’autres cas que ceux générant des accidents, par exemple à l’étude et à la définition des systèmes nécessitant une interface homme-système.La complexité et la particularité des actions opérationnelles dans des séquences très rapides où elles se combinent, a mené naturellement à effectuer les analyses en utilisant l’expertise de pilotes, suivant une méthode autorisant la validation des hypothèses retenues

A functor for constructing RR-matrices in the category O\mathcal{O} of Borel quantum loop algebras

We tackle the problem of constructing $R$-matrices for the category $\mathcal{O}$ associated to the Borel subalgebra of an arbitrary untwisted quantum loop algebra $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$. For this, we define an exact functor $\mathcal{F}_q$ from the category $\mathcal{O}$ linked to $U_{q^{-1}}(\mathfrak{g})$ to the one linked to $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$. This functor $\mathcal{F}_q$ is compatible with tensor products, preserves irreducibility and interchanges the subcategories $\mathcal{O}^+$ and $\mathcal{O}^-$ of (D. Hernandez, B. Leclerc, Algebra Number Theory, 2016). We construct $R$-matrices for $\mathcal{O}^+$ by applying $\mathcal{F}_q$ on the braidings already found for $\mathcal{O}^-$ in (D. Hernandez, Rep. Theory, 2022). We also use the factorization of the latter intertwiners in terms of stable maps to deduce an analogous factorization for our new braidings. We finally obtain as byproducts new relations for the Grothendieck ring $K_0(\mathcal{O})$ as well as a functorial interpretation of a remarkable ring isomorphism $K_0(\mathcal{O}^+)\simeq K_0(\mathcal{O}^-)$ of Hernandez--Leclerc.Comment: 38 pages, comments welcom

Letter to Dr. O.P. Dillinger [Dellinger] from F.L. Pinet

Letter to Dr. O.P. Dillinger [Dellinger] from F.L. Pinet, Executive Secretary of the Kansas State Teachers Association. December 15, 1937. Letter is regarding Brandenburg\u27s election as President of the Association

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Letter to President Brandenburg from F.L. Pinet

Letter written to President Brandenburg by F.L. Pinet, Executive Secretary, Kansas State Teachers Association, dated March 8, 193

A semantic language for querying anonymous web sources

A great deal of work has been carried out in recent years to facilitate access to data and information available on the Web. Proposals converge in two additional areas which consist in providing the sources with semantic annotations and in designing languages and tools that are capable of using these annotations. However, a large number of sources have not yet been annotated suitably. Besides, languages and existing tools do not allow the user to formulate "blind" queries without knowing the sources. To overcome these two limitations, in this paper we propose a flexible query language which allows a user to query sources in an anonymous way without knowing their existence and their structure. Queries can be solved by a system which in advance discovers potential sources and memorizes their schemas. We clarify how such a system can function

Different electrophysiological signatures of similarity-induced and Stroop-like interference in language production

Published: August 01 2023Contextual similarity between targets and competitors, whether semantic or phonological, often leads to behavioral interference in language production. It has been assumed that resolving such interference relies on control processes similar to those involved in tasks such as Stroop. This article tests this assumption by comparing the electrophysiological signatures of interference resulting from a contextual similarity versus a Stroop-like manipulation. In blocks containing two items, participants repeatedly named pictures that were semantically related, phonologically related, or unrelated (contextual similarity manipulation). In straight blocks, the pictures were named by their canonical names. In reverse blocks, participants had to reverse the names (Stroop-like manipulation). Both manipulations led to behavioral interference, but with different electrophysiological profiles. Whole-scalp stimulus-locked and response-locked analyses of semantic and phonological similarity pointed to a system with global modularity with some degree of cascading and interactivity, whereas the effect of phase reversal was sustained and of the opposite polarity. More strikingly, a representational similarity analysis showed a biphasic pattern for Stroop-like reversal, with earlier higher similarity scores for the reverse phase flipping into lower scores ~500 msec poststimulus onset. In contrast, contextual similarity induced higher similarity scores up to articulation. Finally, response-locked mediofrontal components indexing performance monitoring differed between manipulations. Correct response negativity's amplitude was lower in the phonological blocks, whereas a pre-correct response negativity component had higher amplitude in reverse versus straight blocks. These results argue against the involvement of Stroop-like control mechanisms in resolving interference from contextual similarity in language production.This work was supported in part by the Therapeutic Cognitive Neuroscience Fund at Johns Hopkins Universit

Correction Without Consciousness in Complex Tasks: Evidence from Typing

Published: 07 January 2022It has been demonstrated that with practice, complex tasks can become independent of conscious control, but even in those cases, repairing errors is thought to remain dependent on conscious control. This paper reports two studies probing conscious awareness over repairs in nearly 15,000 typing errors collected from 145 participants in a single-word typing-to-dictation task. We provide evidence for subconscious repairs by ruling out alternative accounts, and report two sets of analyses showing that a) such repairs are not confined to a specific stage of processing and b) that they are sensitive to the final outcome of repair. A third set of analyses provides a detailed comparison of the timeline of trials with conscious and subconscious repairs, revealing that the difference is confined to the repair process itself. We propose an account of repair processing that accommodates these empirical findings.This project was supported by the Therapeutic Cognitive Neurology Fund to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive Neurology