Short Title:
Vibrotactile Training CM - Lab
Responsible HRP Element:
Human Health Countermeasures
Funding Status:
Active - Currently funded and in progress
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Aims:
1) Examine whether specialized context specific training with the vibrotactors is required to avoid loss of control when immediately transitioning to a condition without relevant gravitational cues.
2) Examine whether vibrotactile feedback given at the points of stability is better than at the points of danger.
Ground Analog Resources
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Ground-Based Flight Analogs
- Medical Simulation Laboratory (MSL)
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| Number of Subjects
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60
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Description:
Investigators will study sensory augmentation using vibrotactile feedback as a countermeasure for spatial disorientation that could be experienced during gravitational transitions. Aim 1 will provide knowledge on the learning rates of vibrotactile feedback. These findings will have important implications for designing astronaut training for sensory augmentation technology. Aim 2 will determine whether vibrotactile feedback near the balance point is better than feedback provided only near the danger range. These findings will also play an important role in understanding whether a continuous calibrating signal is needed in disorienting conditions that show error accumulation in path integration over time.
Internal Customers:
Human Health Countermeasures
External Customers:
None