Publications

van Weelden, E., T. J. Wiltshire, M. Alimardani, M. M. Louwerse, R. N. Roy, & F. Dehais (under review). Assessment of individual and dyadic workload of student and instructor pilots in real and simulated flight: An exploratory study. Manuscript submitted for publication.

van Weelden, E., Prinsen, J., Ceccato, C., Pruss, E., Vrins, A., Alimardani, M., Wiltshire, T. J., & Louwerse, M. M. (under review). Prototyping and evaluating a real-time neuro-adaptive Virtual Reality flight training system. Manuscript submitted for publication.

van Limpt-Broers, H.A.T., Postma, M., van Weelden, E., Pratesi, S., & Louwerse, M. M. (2024). Neurophysiological evidence for the overview effect: A Virtual Reality journey into space. Virtual Reality, 28, 140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-024-01035-7

van Weelden, E., Wiltshire, T. J., Alimardani, M., & Louwerse, M. M. (2024). Exploring the impact of Virtual Reality flight simulations on EEG neural patterns and task performance. Cognitive Systems Research, 88, 101282.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2024.101282

van Weelden, E., Alimardani, M., Wiltshire, T. J., & Louwerse, M. M. (2022). Aviation and neurophysiology: A systematic review. Applied Ergonomics, 105(1), 103838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103838

Verkennis, B., van Weelden, E., Marogna, F. L., Alimardani, M., Wiltshire, T. J., & Louwerse, M. M. (2025). "Predicting workload in virtual flight simulations using EEG spectral and connectivity features," In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and eXtended and Virtual Reality (AIxVR), Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 82-89. https://www.doi.org/10.1109/AIxVR63409.2025.00019

van Weelden, E., Alimardani, M., Wiltshire, T. J., Roy, R. N., & Dehais, F. (2024). Student-instructor workload in simulated and real flight. In Proceedings of the 5th International Neuroergonomics Conference, Bordeaux, France, pp. 696-702. https://www.doi.org/10.3389/978-2-8325-5121-9

van Weelden, E., van Beek, C. W. E., Alimardani, M., Wiltshire, T. J., Ledegang, W. D., Groen, E. L., & Louwerse, M. M. (2024). A passive brain-computer interface for predicting pilot workload in Virtual Reality flight training. In Proceedings of 4th IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, Toronto, Canada. https://www.doi.org/10.1109/ICHMS59971.2024.10555679

van Weelden, E., Wiltshire, T. J., Alimardani, M., & Louwerse, M. M. (2022). Comparing presence, workload, and performance in Desktop and Virtual Reality flight simulations. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), Atlanta, USA, pp. 2006–2010. https://www.doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661096

van Weelden, E., Wiltshire, T. J., Alimardani, M., & Louwerse, M. M. (2021, September). Validating EEG biomarkers in Virtual Reality and Desktop flight training [Poster presentation]. Neuroergonomics Conference 2021, virtual. https://neuroergonomicsconference.um.ifi.lmu.de/wp-content/uploads/submissions/179.pdf

van Weelden, E., Alimardani, M., Wiltshire, T.J., & Louwerse, M.M. (2021, September). Advancing the adoption of Virtual Reality and neurotechnology to improve flight training. In Proceedings of 2nd IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems, Magdeburg, Germany. https://www.doi.org/10.1109/ICHMS53169.2021.9582658

van Limpt – Broers, A., Postma, M., van Weelden, E., Pratesi, S., & Louwerse, M. M. (2024). Questionnaire and EEG data for the Overview Effect in VR, https://doi.org/10.34894/ZHODRY, DataverseNL, V1

Using EEG and Pilot Inceptor Workload (PIW) to Quantify Pilots’ Workload – GitHub

Calculating Pilot Inceptor Workload – GitHub

Predicting Cognitive Workload in Flight Simulations using EEG Spectral and Connectivity Features – Github (by Bas Verkennis and Francesca Marogna)

van Weelden, E., van Beek, C. W. E., Alimardani, M., Wiltshire, T. J., Ledegang, W. D., Groen, E. L., & Louwerse, M. M. (2023).     Differentiating Workload using Pilot’s Stick Input in a Virtual Reality Flight Task [Preprint]. arXiv:2309.09619v2 [cs.HC]. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.09619