Neurocognitive performance is enhanced during short periods of microgravity—Part 2

Wollseiffen, Petra; Klein, Timo; Vogt, Tobias; Abeln, Vera; Strüder, Heiko K.; Stuckenschneider, Tim; Sanders, Mark; Claassen, Jurgen A.H.R.; Askew, Christopher D.; Carnahan, Heather; Schneider, Stefan

doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.04.021

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“… Stahn et al (2020) and others have shown that spatial cognition is significantly impaired during altered gravity conditions ( Grabherr et al, 2007 ; Grabherr and Mast, 2010 ; Clément et al, 2016 ). It is unclear to what extend these effects are also observed for other cognitive domains as previous studies have also reported improvements in tasks targeting executive functions ( Wollseiffen et al, 2016 , 2019 ).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…In contrast to this hypothesis, Wollseiffen et al (2016) did not find any differences between experienced and first-time flyers in a complex arithmetic task. They also reported faster reaction times for the highest level of difficulty in the arithmetic task in 0 g compared to 1 g. They attributed the improved performance to the microgravity-induced increases in cerebral blood flow and oxygenation ( Blaber et al, 2013 ; Wollseiffen et al, 2019 ). Notably, the participants’ responses were also less accurate in 0 g, suggesting a change in response strategy.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Likewise, Stahn et al (2020) and others have shown that spatial cognition is significantly impaired during altered gravity conditions (Grabherr et al, 2007;Grabherr and Mast, 2010;Clément et al, 2016). In contrast to these studies, Wollseiffen and colleagues reported faster reaction times for a complex mental arithmetic task (Wollseiffen et al, 2016) as well as in combination with an oddball task paradigm (Wollseiffen et al, 2019) in microgravity during parabolic flight. To fully understand the effects of altered gravity conditions on neurobehavioral performance, it is important to disentangle the effects related to microgravity from potential confounders associated with parabolic flight maneuvers per se.…”

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Impaired Attentional Processing During Parabolic Flight

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Previous studies suggest that altered gravity levels during parabolic flight maneuvers affect spatial updating. Little is known about the impact of the experimental setting and psychological stressors associated with parabolic flight experiments on attentional processes. To address this gap, we investigated the level of alertness, selective and sustained attention in 1 and 0 g using a Go/No-Go Continuous Performance Task. We also identified several parameters associated with the experimental set-up of a parabolic flight that could be expected to affect attentional processing. These included the use of scopolamine, sleep quality prior to the flight day, participant’s stress level as well as mood and anxiety state before and after the parabolic flight. We observed a deterioration in attentional processing prior to the first parabola that was further aggravated in weightlessness and returned to baseline after the last parabola. Reaction Time, Hit and False Alarm Rate were moderately correlated with self-reported anxiety state, but not cortisol levels or emotional states. The use of scopolamine had minor effects on Reaction Time. Our results confirm previous studies reporting impairments of cognitive performance in 0 g, and highlight important aspects that should be considered for the design of behavioral research experiments in future parabolic flight campaigns.

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“…Estos porcentajes están en línea con los resultados de revisiones sistemáticas recientes sobre los efectos de la actividad física en la cognición y el rendimiento académico en los niños, en los que se encontraron efectos pequeños a moderados (1,47). Otro hallazgo interesante es que solo tres estudios informaron asociaciones significativas entre las imágenes y las medidas cognitivas (34,35,41).…”

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Los efectos neurofisiológicos de la actividad física en los niños: revisión sistemática

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La práctica de actividad física regular proporciona varios beneficios relacionados principalmente con la mejora de la salud y la calidad de vida, así como con el control de los factores de riesgo de enfermedades, un tema ampliamente reconocido en la actualidad. Sin embargo, estudios recientes han demostrado que la relación entre actividad física y cognición está permitiendo grandes avances y resultados positivos. En el presente trabajo y mediante una revisión sistemática, se recopila la evidencia actual que estable la causalidad sobre los cambios neurofisiológicos en la estructura cerebral de niños sanos y con patologías. Un total de 23 estudios fueron seleccionados y analizados mediante los que se pudo concluir que existe una asociación beneficiosa entre la actividad física a largo plazo y los cambios en las funciones neurofisiológicas.

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“…We believe our work provides a first stepping stone for future work, that can be further linked to research efforts around the physical and psychological risks associated with such living environments (Suedfeld and Steel, 2000). Moreover, while there are still many challenges to overcome before we can safely send humans to space and longterm space travels, initial steps can be taking by promoting experiments for near Earth orbit flights, using also parabolic flight setups that create zero gravity environments (Wollseiffen et al, 2019). Such settings could provide the opportunity to explore the ludic and experiential potential of levitating food and provide an interesting route of exploration both for future space travel and terrestrial eating experiences.…”

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confidence: 93%