The Effects of Microgravity on EEG Recordings: A Systematic Review
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10689996Keywords:
eeg, microgravity, astronaut, aeeg, electroencephalography, human spaceflight, bioastronautics, brain-computer interfaceAbstract
To support extended human activity in space, it is essential to understand how microgravity affects cognitive and neurophysiological functions. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a non-invasive method of accurately monitoring neurological changes and has been widely used in aerospace research to study changes in human cognition under varying gravitational conditions.
This systematic review explores how EEG can be utilized to observe neural pattern changes in microgravity. Among the notable changes observed are the attenuation of the N200 and P300 event-related potentials (ERPs), as well as alterations to alpha power that persist even after returning to normal gravity conditions
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