有人/无人机协同指挥员的事件相关电位特征

doi:10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2026.02.19

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In collaborative tasks involving human/unmanned aerial vehicles, the increasing complexity of information can lead to commander’s cognitive overload during prolonged task execution. To investigate the impact of collaborative tasks under different conditions on commander’s physiological responses, behavioral reactions are compared between different workload conditions. Event-related potential technology is employed to study electroencephalographic signals under both conditions. The results reveal that, participants exhibit longer reaction time and lower accuracy under high workload conditions, accompanied by significant increase in P200 and P300 amplitudes. During human/unmanned aerial vehicle collaborative tasks, compared to low workload tasks, the high workload state demands cognitive resources that exceed the commander’s cognitive capacity, leading to cognitive overload and requiring additional attention and cognitive resources.

Key words: human/unmanned aerial vehicle collaboration, workload, event-related potential, P200, P300

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Biao YAN, Xiaoli WU, Lan ZHANG, Xiao LIU, Zexi FANG, Weiyi HAN, Qi’an LI. Event-related potential characteristics of human/unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative commanders[J]. Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2026, 48(2): 578-587.

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统计检验	高工作负荷正确率-低工作负荷正确率
Z	−2.009^b
渐近显著性（双尾）	0.045

反应时配对比较	配对差值					t	自由度	Sig （双尾）
	平均值	标准偏差	标准误差平均值	差值 95%置信区间
	平均值	标准偏差	标准误差平均值	下限	上限
高工作负荷反应时- 低工作负荷反应时	1222.118	487.962	118.348	971.231	1473.004	10.326	16	0.000

P200配对比较	配对差值					t	自由度	Sig （双尾）
	平均值	标准偏差	标准误差平均值	差值 95% 置信区间
	平均值	标准偏差	标准误差平均值	下限	上限
Cz-低工作负荷- Cz-高工作负荷	−0.49371	2.33322	0.56589	−1.69333	0.70592	−0.872	16	0.396
C4-低工作负荷- C4-高工作负荷	0.46318	2.12281	0.51486	−0.62827	1.55463	0.900	16	0.382
F4-低工作负荷- F4-高工作负荷	0.59771	3.53089	0.85637	−1.21771	2.41312	0.698	16	0.495
Fz-低工作负荷- Fz-高工作负荷	−1.20006	2.81065	0.68168	−2.64516	.24505	−1.760	16	0.097

统计检验	F3高工作负荷-F3低工作负荷	C3高工作负荷-C3低工作负荷
Z	−2.249^b	−1.160^b
渐近显著性（双尾）	0.025	0.246

P300配对比较	配对差值					t	自由度	Sig （双尾）
	平均值	标准偏差	标准误差平均值	差值 95% 置信区间
	平均值	标准偏差	标准误差平均值	下限	上限
F3-低工作负荷- F3-高工作负荷	−2.78447	4.92782	1.19517	−5.31812	−0.25082	−2.330	16	0.033
C3-低工作负荷- C3-高工作负荷	−1.54994	4.15227	1.00707	−3.68484	0.58496	−1.539	16	0.143
Cz-低工作负荷- Cz-高工作负荷	−0.40153	3.36015	0.81496	−2.12916	1.32610	−0.493	16	0.629
C4-低工作负荷- C4-高工作负荷	1.24918	3.36829	0.81693	−0.48264	2.98099	1.529	16	0.146
F4-低工作负荷- F4-高工作负荷	2.53971	4.26399	1.03417	0.34736	4.73205	2.456	16	0.026
Fz-低工作负荷- Fz-高工作负荷	−0.89571	4.09549	0.99330	−3.00141	1.21000	−0.902	16	0.381

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