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Neural activation is enhanced with operational task ecological validity during complex cognitive tasks.

Luca E Bonarrigo1, Iris Li1, Daniel C Comstock2

  • 1Bioastronautics Laboratory, Ann & H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States.

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Virtual reality (VR) training for spaceflight tasks enhances brain activation compared to simpler cognitive tasks. This finding supports VR as a countermeasure for cognitive and neural decrements experienced by astronauts in microgravity.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Space Medicine
  • Human Factors Engineering

Background:

  • Space exploration missions, like Mars missions, pose risks of cognitive and neural decrements due to microgravity exposure.
  • Virtual reality (VR) is a potential countermeasure, but its neural effects on operationally relevant tasks are not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural effects of training in a virtual reality (VR) environment using spaceflight-relevant tasks.
  • To compare brain activation during operationally relevant VR tasks versus microcognitive corollary tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and electroencephalography (EEG) to measure neural activation.
  • Compared brain activity during complex, operationally relevant VR tasks with simpler corollary tasks targeting equivalent cognitive domains.
Keywords:
EEGcognitive decrementsfNIRSspaceflightvirtual reality

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  • This enhanced activation was observed in both EEG (p < 0.0005) and fNIRS (p < 0.001) measurements.

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  • These findings provide an objective basis for developing VR-based countermeasures against spaceflight-associated neural decrements.