Impact of 60 days -6 degree head-down bed rest on subjects' cognitive ability
- Paper number
IAC-13,A1,1,9,x18686
- Author
Mr. Haibo Qin, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, China
- Coauthor
Prof. Yanqiang Bai, Astronaut Center of China, China
- Coauthor
Mr. Bin Wu, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, China
- Coauthor
Prof. Jun Wang, Astronaut Center of China, China
- Coauthor
Mr. Xueyong Liu, China
- Coauthor
Mr. Xiaolu Jing, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, China
- Coauthor
Mrs. Fang Liu, China
- Coauthor
Mrs. JING FENG, China
- Year
2013
- Abstract
A 60 days -6 degree Head-Down Bed Rest Experiment, which is an effective model to mimic the spaceflight environment, was designed to evaluate subjects' cognitive ability change.21 healthy male adults took part in the experiment. The cognitive test battery contained reaction time test, attention allocation, attention span, mental rotation, digit searching and Sternberg dual task. These test were carried out once per week during 60d head-down bed rest. Results showed that most of cognitive abilities were affected; Cognitive ability change had two distinguishable stages: increasing stage related to practice effect and the decreasing stage. {\bf Keywords:} Head-Down Bed Rest, cognitive ability, spaceflight.- Abstract document
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