Curriculum
Neuroscience, Technology and Society, XXXIX series
Grant sponsor
CISDAS Fellowship
Supervisor

Alessandro Angrili
Co-supervisor
s
TBD
Contact
giovanna.tedesco@studenti.unipd.it

Project description
The space environment presents extreme conditions, including isolation in a confined space, lack of new stimuli, sensory deprivation, muscular deconditioning, and monotony, that may affect psychophysical and cognitive functioning. The project has the aim to investigate emotional and cognitive effects of the space environment, considering those factors that characterize it. These conditions will be investigated with analogous environments to outer space on Earth, separating the contribution of this domain from the microgravity one. The objective will be achieved through recorded electroencephalographic and cardiac activity. This paradigm is useful also for understanding the psychophysiological side effects of pandemic lockdown or isolation and immobilization in small populations such as those living in Antarctica stations, high mountain camps, and submarines. The objective is to explore countermeasures that can mitigate the consequences of isolation, addressing the inherent challenges associated with space missions and extreme environments, making those places more functional in a psychological and physical perspective, and formulating strategies to enhance well-being.