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Participants took part in one-hour long flight sessions performed on the FNPT II class flight simulator. Subjects were instructed to respond to unexpected events that occurred during the flight. The brainwaves of each participant were recorded with the Emotiv EPOC+ Scientific Contextual EEG device. The majority of participants showed a statistically significant, positive correlation between Theta Power in the frontal lobe and response time. Additionally, most subjects exhibited statistically significant, positive correlations between band-power and reaction times in the Theta range for the temporal and parietal lobes. Statistically significant event-related changes (ERC) were observed for the majority of subjects in the frontal lobe for Theta frequencies, Beta waves in the frontal lobe and in all lobes for the Gamma band. 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