Comparative study of flight cognition ability between male and female flight cadets

    WANG Jiaª²Tong,HU Qingª²Hua,L¨¹ Jing,YAN Qiª²Le,SU Heng,MA Jin

    1Department of Psychology,Fourth Military Medical University,Xi¬ðan 710033,China,2Outpatient Department of Air Force Command of PLA, Beijing 100843,China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To investigate the difference of flight cognition ability between male and female flight cadets and to provide psychological data for selecting female fighter pilots.METHODS: Thirtyª²nine male cadets and 22 female cadets were examined with digit search,digit symbol substitution,hidden figure and verbal matching tests.RESULTS: Among the 4 tests,female subjects got better results than male subjects only in the test of selecting number by recognizing character,and the difference was significant. No significant difference was found in the other 3 tests.CONCLUSION: Female flight cadets are better than male in perception judgment, shortª²term memory and thinking speed, and there is no significant difference in the other flight cognition ability between male and female flight cadets. ......