Pilot study of display format compatibility in cockpit

In the present study, a two factors within-subjects experimental design were used to explore the display format compatibility between displays in cockpit. 148 pilots participated in the experiment. The experiment adopted change detection experiment paradigm. In each trials, Firstly a flight display video lasted 3-7s was presented. Then a blank masking which lasted 250ms appeared on the display. At last a static flight display pictures were presented. Subjects firstly were asked to judge whether the speed and the altitude in the picture were same as with ones in each video at the time ended. Then they performed a primary task which recognize the position of the triangle indicating target range. The results indicated that identical display format didn't inevitable result in excellent cognitive performance; In this experiment the dial was difficult to be compatible with the tape scale& digital readout window and the digital readout window.