Short Title:
Sensory Stimulation and Augmentation
Responsible HRP Element:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
Funding Status:
Planned-Funded - Task expected to be within budget
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Procurement Mechanism(s):
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Aims:
This project aims to provide a conceptual context for sensory stimulation:
Compare, differentiate and provide the basis for the understanding of the impact of the presence or dearth of sensory stimulation due to isolation, confinement and extreme conditions associated with spaceflight habitat and environment.
Identify and develop methods and tools to measure and monitor sensory stimulation needs within ICE environments and evaluate potential countermeasures to augment sensory stimulation.
Ground Analog Resources
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Ground-Based Flight Analogs
- Controlled Research Analog, Short Duration (2 months or less) – isolated and confined with spaceflight mission scenario [e.g., HERA, NEEMO]
- ICE Field Analog, Long Duration (4 months or more) – isolated, confined and extreme; may not have spaceflight mission scenario [e.g., Antarctica]
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0
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Category:
Risk Characterization, Quantification
Subcategory:
Evidence or Risk Characterization
Description:
Applied, time-dependent evidence of neurophysiological and/or brain structure progression of an individual’s response to sensory stimulation at varying levels in the framework (information foraging, relaxation and restoration, therapeutic release, homeostatic maintenance).
Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
None
Category:
Countermeasure
Subcategory:
Protocol
Description:
An operational protocol for understanding the neurophysiological processes related to sensory stimulation, crew health, and human performance. These processes may help identify individual differences related to environmental stressors and the need for sensory stimulation and approaches that can lead to new insights into how sensory stimulation affects physiological and psychological functioning (e.g., neurobiological reactivity, sensorimotor performance).
Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
None
Category:
Requirement
Subcategory:
Guidelines/Criteria
Description:
Guidelines for implementing recommended countermeasures and habitat modifications/supplementations that maintain and augment the sensory needs (information foraging, relaxation and restoration, therapeutic release, homeostatic maintenance) of astronaut crewmembers living and working in the ICE environment of deep space.
Internal Customers:
Human Factors and Behavioral Performance
External Customers:
None