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SUMMARY:Immersive VR for Evaluating Spatial Ability, Situation Awareness, 
 and Psychophysiological Responses in Naval Aviation: A Preliminary Study
DESCRIPTION:Allison Bayro (Arizona State University), Shannon P.D. McGarry
  (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory), Rebecca NeSmith (Naval Aerospace Medica
 l Institute), Joseph T. Coyne (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory), and Heejin
  Jeong (Arizona State University)\n\nThis pilot study integrates immersive
  virtual reality (VR) and physiological measures to develop an improved me
 asure of spatial ability (SpA) and situation awareness (SA) in U.S. Naval 
 Aviation. Existing static measures often suffer from limitations such as o
 btrusiveness, ceiling/floor effects, and being disconnected from operation
 al contexts, even though both SpA and SA are critical to U.S. Naval Aviati
 on. We therefore developed Assessing Spatial Abilities in Naval Aviation (
 ASANA), a custom simulated environment where participants aerially navigat
 e to waypoints using a reference map that rotates across multiple headings
 , providing a dynamic, realistic task to evaluate SpA. Additionally, the p
 hysiological signals of heart rate variability, skin conductance, pupillom
 etry, and eye tracking were recorded to explore their potential as real-ti
 me SA indicators. Participants from U.S. Naval Aviation schoolhouses compl
 eted both established SpA assessments and a mission in ASANA. Preliminary 
 findings show that navigation performance aligns with traditional SpA and 
 SA metrics, and that physiological markers such as heart rate variability 
 and skin conductance correlate with performance outcomes. Future work will
  assess larger samples and event-based analyses to better understand these
  constructs and inform training and selection protocols for U.S. Naval Avi
 ation.\n\nTrack: Extended Reality\n\nSession Chairs: Amelia Warden (Univer
 sity of Michigan) and Emily Fang (North Carolina State University)\n\n
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