Human space experiments in SL-J: preparation and conducted.
This experiment investigated how human beings achieve visual stability during body movements, including fine motion on the ground. When humans are exposed to an environment with different gravity vectors, the programmed behavior on the ground must be changed, that is, it is reprogrammed. This is called habituation or familiarization. This experiment focuses on visual, vestibular and somatosensory perception coordination and how it changes in microgravity as compared to a 1-G environment. We examined these issues under microgravity during the mission Spacelab Japan [correction of Japane] (SL-J) mission with the cooperation of the Japanese Payload Specialist (PS), Dr. Mohri. In this paper we describe how the first human life science experiments were conducted and how the data processed is being.
Koga
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Space Medicine Research Center, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Mano
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Mohri
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Ohta
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Y
Kida
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Tsuji
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K
Goto
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Osaka
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D004576:Electromyography; D004585:Electrooculography; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology; D012027:Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D013026:Space Flight; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014893:Weightlessness