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Title
Behavioral health and human interactions in space / Nick Kanas.
ISBN
9783031167232 (electronic bk.)
3031167236 (electronic bk.)
3031167228
9783031167225
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xlv, 402 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-16723-2 doi
Call Number
RC1160
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.450019
Summary
This textbook covers the range of psychological and interpersonal issues that can affect astronauts living and working in space. It deals with the three major risk areas cited by NASAs Behavioral Health and Performance Element: Behavioral Medicine, Team Risk, and Sleep Risk. Based on the authors more than 50 years of experience in space-related activities writing, conducting research, and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, the book follows a comprehensive range of topics that include: cognitive effects; psychiatric issues; cultural influences; salutogenic and positive aspects of space travel; autonomy and delayed communication; current plans to return to the Moon and Mars; analysis of study environments such as the polar regions, submersible habitats, and space simulation facilities; and more. It draws on research, literature, and case studies from the 1950s onward, showing readers in a natural and accessible way how the field has progressed over time. The book contains ample end-of-chapter summaries and exercises as well as a complete glossary of key terms. As such, it will serve students taking courses in aerospace psychology, psychiatry, sociology, human factors, medicine, and related social sciences, in addition to space industry professionals and others interested in the complexities of people living and working in space.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Chapter 1. Stress, Sleep, and Cognition in Microgravity
Chapter 2. Living and Working in Space
Chapter 3. Emotional Highs and Lows
Chapter 4. Crewmember Selection, Ground and Family Support
Chapter 5. Human Interactions, Culture, and Team Behavior
Chapter 6. Countermeasures for Near-Earth Space Missions
Chapter 7. Commercial Human Spaceflight
Chapter 8. Artemis and the Psychosociology of Lunar Colonies
Chapter 9. Expeditions to Mars and Beyond
Chapter 10. Appendix. Introductory quotations and conclusions from NASA TM X-58067 (1971): Behavioral, Psychiatric, and Sociological Problems of Long-Duration Space Missions (N.A. Kanas & William E. Fedderson).
