A team of environmental psychologists investigated the impact of cognitive workload on search-and-rescue drone operators' vigilance. They recruited a sample of 30 certified drone pilots and asked them to complete two computer-based aerial search simulations. Both simulations involved watching a six-minute video of infrared forest terrain. Participants were instructed to press the 'F' key on the keyboard as quickly as possible whenever they spotted a sudden thermal anomaly (indicating a potential wildfire flare-up).
Each participant completed two computer-simulated vigilance tasks:
The order in which they completed the two simulation tasks was counterbalanced.
Write a set of standardised instructions that would be suitable to read out to participants before they complete Condition A, where they must monitor the screen and verbally report wind speed values.
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