Space research

Ground-based spaceflight analogs have been developed by space agencies overtime to overcome the limits of researching astronauts going on missions to space. Parabolic flight is a spaceflight analog and is the only way to create true microgravity on Earth. It is a highly used platform to study acute consequences of microgravity. For this reason, we were interested in investigating structural and functional changes to the brain after parabolic flight by acquiring MRI data before and after the flight. A series of questionnaires were completed by the participants as well, to examine their experience at the level of emotion, motion sickness, and more.

Duration: 2014 - 2016