Posted on 01/30/2003 7:25:22 PM PST by Young Werther
PROJECT OVERVIEW ABSTRACT
Electrical activity emanating from the brain is displayed in the form of four types of brainwaves that are associated with specific cognitive functions and that vary in level of activity. The teams experiment will measure a test subjects level of brainwave activity while performing a variety of tasks in a virtual reality environment in zero-gravity. By immersing the test subject in a virtual reality simulation, the team will be able to duplicate many of the cognitive and motor functions required of astronauts working in space. Effects of a short-term microgravity environment, such as vertigo and spatial disorientation, impact the way the brain interprets and processes sensory information. As a result, brainwave activity in a microgravity environment may differ from that in a normal gravity environment and may be linked to specific tasks or cognitive functions.
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