While the discovery of space has proven to spark the interest of many, physicians used MRI scans to discover the profound effects space has on an astronaut’s brain.
Principal investigator Rachael Seidler, professor of kinesiology and psychology at the University of Michigan and her team of researchers scanned 26 astronauts—12 who had two-week-long space shuttle missions and 14 others who lived abroad the International Space Station (ISS) for five to six months.
Seidler and her team found that the large regions of gray-matter volume were reduced and the gravity astronauts encountered resulted in a shift of brain position or compression.
The team of researchers will continue their studies on the brains of these astronauts, to test if space life will affect their cognitive abilities.
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