Neuroscience in space
To be aware of the environment, one must sense or perceive that environment. The body senses the environment by the interaction of specialized sensory organs with some aspect or another of the environment. The central nervous system utilizes these sensations in order to coordinate and organize muscular movements, shift from uncomfortable positions, and adjust properly. One relevant question is what is the relative contribution of gravity to these sensory and motor functions? This book reviews t…
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- Full title :Neuroscience in space / Gilles Clément, Millard F. Reschke.
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To be aware of the environment, one must sense or perceive that environment. The body senses the environment by the interaction of specialized sensory organs with some aspect or another of the environment. The central nervous system utilizes these sensations in order to coordinate and organize muscular movements, shift from uncomfortable positions, and adjust properly. One relevant question is what is the relative contribution of gravity to these sensory and motor functions? This book reviews the effects of space flight on the functioning of the sensory organs primarily used for balance and spatial orientation. Disorientation and malaise so frequently encountered during early exposure to microgravity and on return to Earth are described. Theories and actual data regarding the role of the central nervous system in the adaptation of sensory-motor functions (including the control of posture, eye movements, and self-orientation) to changing environmental gravity levels are explored. This book contains many illustrations, including photographs of equipment and experiments flown onboard space missions.
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- Publication Date:©2008.
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- Publisher(s):Springer-Verlag
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780387789507, 0387789502, 9780387789491, 0387789499
- oclc:ocn649423529
- LC Classification:RC1151.C45
- Dewey Decimal:616.980214 22 22 22
Table of Contents
Space neuroscience : what is it? -- History of space neuroscience -- Operational aspects -- Sensory functions in space -- Posture, movement and locomotion -- Compensatory eye movements -- Spatial orientation -- Countermeasures -- A vision for space neuroscience.
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