Posts Tagged ‘astronaut’
Growing concern (and hope) about astronauts’ cognitive health during spaceflight
About the concern: Brain MRI scans may help NASA plan safer missions to space (Health Imaging): “Not a lot is known about cognitive impairment in humans during spaceflight,” Donna R. Roberts, MD, Medical University of South Carolina’s Department of Radiology, said in a statement
Read MoreWhen flying to Mars, make sure to monitor and enhance brain function (radiation exposure can hurt performance)
. Could a trip to Mars fry astronauts’ brains? (The Washington Post): “Brain damage. Memory deterioration. Intelligence loss. This could be your brain on a trip to Mars…The finding, published in the open-source journal Science Advances this month, could throw a wrench in the many ambitious missions aimed at
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