Psychological factors that affect older aviators’ flight performance and decision making; the interplay between aging, emotion, and cognition on memory and decision-making.
O’Connor, P., Buttrey, S., O’Dea, A., & Kennedy, Q. (In Press). Identifying and addressing the limitations of safety climate surveys. Journal of Safety Research.
Kennedy, Q., Taylor, J. L, Noda, A., Adamson, M., Murphy, G. M., Zeitzer, J., & Yesavage, J.A. (2011). The roles of COMT val158met status and aviation expertise in flight simulator performance and cognitive ability. Behavior Genetics, 41(5), 700-708.
Buttrey, S., O’Connor, P., O’Dea, A., & Kennedy, Q. (In Press). An assessment of the predictive validity of the Command Safety Assessment Survey (CSAS). CA: Naval Postgraduate School.
O’Connor, P., Buttrey, S., O’Dea, A., & Kennedy, Q. (2011). An assessment of the relationship between safety climate and mishap risk in U.S. Naval Aviation. CA: Naval Postgraduate School.
Sullivan, J., Yang, J.H., Day, M., & Kennedy, Q. (2011). Training Simulation for Helicopter Navigation by Characterizing Visual Scan Pattern. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 82, 871-878.
Yesavage, J.A., Jo, B., Adamson, M. M., Kennedy, Q., Noda, A., Hernandez, B., Zeitzer, J. M., Friedman, L., Murphy G. M. Jr, Taylor, J. L. (2011). Cognitive processing speed predicts longitudinal aviator performance. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological Sciences, 66(4)443-53.
Taylor, J. L, Kennedy, Q., Adamson, M., Lazzeroni, L., Noda, A., Murphy, G. M., Yesavage, J. A. (2011). Aviation training and experience protect against ApoE E-4 related decline in flight simulator performance. Psychology and Aging, 26(2) 480-487.
O’Connor, P., O’Dea, A., Kennedy, Q., & Buttrey, S. (2011). Measuring safety climate in aviation: A review and recommendations for the future. Safety Science,49, 128-138.
Buttrey, S., O’Connor, P., O’Dea, A., Kennedy, Q. (2010). An evaluation of the construct validity of the Command Safety Assessment Survey. Monterey, CA: Naval Postgraduate School.
Kennedy, Q., Taylor, J. L., Reade, G., & Yesavage, J. (2010). Age and expertise effects in aviation decision making and flight control in a flight simulator. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 81, 489-497.
Adamson, M., Samarina, V., Xu, X., Huynh, V., Kennedy, Q., Weiner, M.,
Yesavage, J., & Taylor, J. (2010). The impact of brain size on pilot performance varies with aviation training and years of education. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16(3), 412-415.
O’Dea, A., O’Connor, P., Kennedy, Q., & Buttrey, S. (2010). A review of the safety climate as it relates to Naval Aviation. Monterey, CA: Naval Postgraduate School.
Kennedy, Q., & Mather, M. (2007). Aging, affect, and decision making. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds), Do Emotions Help or Hurt Decision Making? A hedgefoxian perspective.(pp. 245-266) New York: Sage.
Taylor, J. L., Kennedy, Q., Noda, A., & Yesavage. J. A. (2007). Pilot age and expertise predict flight simulator performance: A three-year longitudinal study. Neurology,68(9), 648-654.
Kennedy, Q., Mather, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2004). The role of motivation in the age-related positive bias in autobiographical memory. Psychological Science, 15(3), 208 – 214.
O’Connor, P., Buttrey, S., O’Dea, A., & Kennedy, Q (2011). “Identifying and addressing the limitations of safety climate surveys: Lessons for organisational researchers.” Irish Academy of Management conference, Dublin.
O’Connor, P., Buttrey, S., O’Dea, A., & Kennedy, Q. (2011) “An Assessment of Safety Climate in U.S Naval Aviation.” Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 55th Annual Meeting. Sept 19 -23, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Yang, J.H., Kennedy, Q., Sullivan, J., & Day, M. (2011) “Bayesian modeling of pilot belief and visual misperception in helicopter overland navigation.” Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Systems, Man, and Cybermetrics Society Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska.
Kennedy, Q., Taylor, J., Yesavage, J., Noda, A., Adamson, M., Murphy, G., & Zeitzer, J. (2011). Individual difference factors in challenging flight tasks. Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
Kennedy, Q., Yang, J. H, & Day, M. (2011) Utilization of Psychophysiological Measurements to Improve Training Simulation in Aviation Tasks. MOVES 11th Annual Research and Education Summit, Monterey, CA.
Kennedy, Q. (2011) Medical M&S Education. MOVES 11th Annual Research and Education Summit, Monterey, CA.
Yang, J.H., Kennedy, Q., Sullivan, J., & Day, M. (2011) Understanding cognitive processes of helicopter navigation by characterizing visual scan patterns. 1st Conference on Pioneering Convergence Technologies, Jeju Island, Korea.
Taylor, J. Kennedy, Q., Adamson, M., Murphy, G., & Yesavage, J. (2008). Expert knowledge, APOE epsilon4, and risk for decline in aviation performance. Paper presented at the International Neurospyschological Society Annual Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii.
Taylor, J. L., Kennedy, Q., Noda, A., & Yesavage. J. A. (2006). Age, expertise and longitudinal aviator performance: Changes in domain-relevant performance versus change in general speed of processing. Paper presented at Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Sullivan, J., Yang, J., Day, M. and Kennedy, Q. (2010) Understanding cognitive processes of helicopter navigation by characterizing visual scan patterns. Presented at Decade of the Mind VI, Singapore.
Kennedy, Q., Taylor, J. L., Noda, A., Murphy, G. & Yesavage, J. A. (2010). The roles of COMT status and aviation expertise in flight simulator performance. Presented at The Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Taylor, J. L., Adamson, M. M., Samarina, V., Kennedy, Q., Yesavage, J. A., & Weiner, M. W. (2009). Larger hippocampi help expert pilots maintain performance in a flight simulator. Presented at the International Neurospyschological Society Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Kennedy, Q., Taylor, J., Reade, G., & Yesavage, J. (2008). The roles of age and aviation expertise in approach performance under adverse weather conditions. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, National Harbor, Maryland.
Adamson, M., Kennedy, Q., Duong, X., Xu, X., Noda, A., Samarina, V., Murphy, G., Weiner, M., & Taylor, J (2008). Predicting flight simulator performance with baseline brain volumes, expertise and age in older pilots at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Adamson, M., Hutchinson, B., Rappako, S., Samarina, V., Kennedy, Q., Rosen, A. Wagner, A. & Taylor, J. (2008). Neurocorrelates of perspective-dependent spatial memory in middle-aged and older pilots. Presented at the International Neurospyschological Society Annual Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii.
Kennedy, Q., Taylor, J., & Yesavage, J. (2007). The role of age and expertise in aviator
risk perception. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual
Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Kennedy, Q., & Taylor, J. (2005). The effects of aging and expertise on change in flight simulator performance over time: preliminary results. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.