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Comment
. 1995 Nov;66(11):1103-6.

In defense of traditional views of spatial disorientation and loss of situation awareness: a reply to Navathe and Singh's "An operational definition of spatial disorientation"

F H Previc  1 , D W Yauch, C A DeVilbiss, W R Ercoline, W E Sipes
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Comment

In defense of traditional views of spatial disorientation and loss of situation awareness: a reply to Navathe and Singh's "An operational definition of spatial disorientation"

F H Previc et al. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1995 Nov.

Abstract

In a recent article in Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, Navathe and Singh proposed new "operational" definitions for spatial disorientation (SD) and loss of situation(al) awareness (LSA). The major feature of their new scheme was to treat the two phenomena as distinct, with SD attributable to physiologically based (peripheral) illusions and LSA to psychological (central) factors. The present commentary argues in favor of traditional views of SD that consider spatial orientation to be a subset of overall situation awareness.

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