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. 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