12B: The Effect of Long-Term Space Travel on the Brain: Microgravity, Isolation and the Future
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Professor of Neuroscience and Principal Investigator at Altos Labs, Dr. Susanna Rossi, and Adel discuss the effect of deep space travel on the brain.
In Part B, the pair continue their discussion around the cognitive and psychological effects of long-term space travel. They discuss the effects of microgravity on the body and brain, and the psychological effects of severe isolation. Dr. Rossi then provides her insight into the future of deep space travel.
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00:00 TWINS study
05:17 Microgravity
14:04 Psychological Stressors of Space Travel
16:18 The Future of Space Travel
18:36 Returning from Space
23:20 Social Isolation in Space
26:40 Expanding the Space Medicine Field
30:00 Space Medicine Physicians
