Title: Adaptive mental mode and performance in non-controlled situations: A study with student-pilots of the French Air Force
Abstract: Event Abstract Back to Event Adaptive mental mode and performance in non-controlled situations: A study with student-pilots of the French Air Force Camille Lefrançois1, 2*, Chadi Moghaizel1, 2, Marie-Pierre Fornette3, René Amalberti1, 2, Jacques Fradin1, 2 and Farid El Massioui1, 2 1 Laboratory of Psychology and Neurosciences , IME Institute of Environmental Medicine, France 2 Human and Artificial Cognition Laboratory, University Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France 3 Cognitive Science Department, IRBA Institute of Military and Biomedical Research, France Stress reactions are usually seen as manifestations occurring when a person’s resources are exceeded. Most stress approaches seem to imply that this exceeding happens in new and/or complex situations, and is due to the inadequate implementation, as well as a perseveration of an automatic mental mode, suited for simple and/or familiar situations, and correlated with deep and posterior brain activity. For an effective coping to occur, the adaptive mental mode seems more appropriate, as it ensures a creativity of novel and adapted cognitive, behavioral and emotional strategies in new and/or complex situations, correlating with prefrontal brain activity. To test this assumption and the effectiveness of a neurocognitive, behavioral and emotional training program based on the mental modes distinction and devised to favour the development of the prefrontal adaptive mode and processes (the Mental Modes Management program; MMM), we conducted a study with 53 student-pilots of the French Air Force, a highly exposed to stressful situations population. Three comparable groups were constituted: an MMM-trained group, a comparative human factor training course group (HF), and a control group (C). The training programs were followed by a flight simulator test scenario, presenting an unfamiliar and complex situation. Stress questionnaires, scales and measurements were also used throughout the training sessions and the flight simulator test. Our results showed that the MMM group had significantly lower anxiety levels at the term of the training sessions. The MMM group also showed significantly less errors and more adapted flight strategies than both HF and C groups during the flight simulator test. These findings clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of the MMM training program as it is based on our new approach to stress and adaptation. The adaptive mental mode seems thus more appropriate for improving performance in non-controlled, new and/or complex situations. Conference: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Rhodes Island, Greece, 13 Sep - 18 Sep, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Poster presentations Citation: Lefrançois C, Moghaizel C, Fornette M, Amalberti R, Fradin J and El Massioui F (2009). Adaptive mental mode and performance in non-controlled situations: A study with student-pilots of the French Air Force. Conference Abstract: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.08.2009.09.216 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 11 Jun 2009; Published Online: 11 Jun 2009. * Correspondence: Camille Lefrançois, Laboratory of Psychology and Neurosciences, IME Institute of Environmental Medicine, Paris, France, [email protected] Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Camille Lefrançois Chadi Moghaizel Marie-Pierre Fornette René Amalberti Jacques Fradin Farid El Massioui Google Camille Lefrançois Chadi Moghaizel Marie-Pierre Fornette René Amalberti Jacques Fradin Farid El Massioui Google Scholar Camille Lefrançois Chadi Moghaizel Marie-Pierre Fornette René Amalberti Jacques Fradin Farid El Massioui PubMed Camille Lefrançois Chadi Moghaizel Marie-Pierre Fornette René Amalberti Jacques Fradin Farid El Massioui Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.