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Psychological and Behavioral Health Issues of Long-Duration Space MissionsIt will be the responsibility of the long-duration space flight crew to take the actions necessary to maintain their health and well-being and to cope with medical emergencies without direct assistance from support personnel, including maintaining mental health and managing physiological and psychological changes that may impair decision making and performance. The Behavior and Performance Integrated Product Team at Johnson Space Center, working, within the Space Medicine, Monitoring, and Countermeasures Program, has identified critical questions pertaining to long-duration space crew behavioral health, psychological adaptation, human factors and habitability, and sleep and circadian rhythms. Among the projects addressing these questions are: the development of tools to assess cognitive functions during space missions; the development of a model of psychological adaptation in isolated and confined environments; tools and methods for selecting individuals and teams well-suited for long-duration missions; identification of mission-critical tasks and performance evaluation; and measures of sleep quality and correlation to mission performance.
Document ID
20000089912
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Eksuzian, Daniel J.
(Krug Life Sciences, Inc. Houston, TX United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: Life Support and Biosphere Science
Volume: 6
ISSN: 1069-9422
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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