Posts Tagged ‘NASA’
Next in NASA’s path to Mars: Overcoming astronauts’ cognitive and mental health challenges
Space Between the Ears (Cerebrum): A few short months ago, news programs around the globe showed NASA engineers and scientists celebrating as a robot named Perseverance successfully landed on the surface of Mars. The mission: capture and share images and audio that have never been seen or heard before. As impressed as most observers were…
Read MoreGrowing 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 MoreWhat cognitive skills are for (or, is the Internet making us dumber?)
(Click on the image above to play with the “gigapan” NASA built using 36,000 “selfies”) NASA Releases Earth Day ‘Global Selfie’ Mosaic (press release): “For Earth Day this year, NASA invited people around the world to step outside to take a “selfie” and share it with the world on social media. NASA released Thursday a…
Read MoreThe future of intuitive technology and neurocognitive care?
Envisioning The Future With Inventor Cori Lathan (NPR): “Computers were created to be useful tools, but all too often it’s still a chore to get technology to do our bidding…For example, working as an engineer with astronauts at NASA, Lathan realized that the physical challenges of living in space in some ways mirror the challenges…
Read MoreBrain Rules: science and practice
Interested a good, non-technical, summary of the implications of recent brain science in our daily lives? Biologist John Medina offers that in his article below (as part of our Author Speaks Series) and in his new book: Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. Enjoy! (Note: John will be…
Read MoreMild cognitive impairment and Memory Problems: exciting new research
Very quick post: just want to alert you of 2 news pieces on MCI and Alzheimer’s prevention-related research. Frequent Brain Stimulation In Old Age Reduces Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease “The study found a cognitively active person in old age was 2.6 times less likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than a cognitively inactive person…
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