WEIGHTLESSNESS. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND SOLUTIONS

Abstract

Physical principles and biological mechanisms relevant to human performance under conditions of weightlessness have been explained in order that the trainee can develop an appreciation of how the unaccustomed environment will affect his behavior. Special emphasis has been given to (a) changes of man's center of mass as various parts of the body are moved with respect to each other, and the significance of CM of body movement, (b) the mechanisms of postural reflexes, including experimental observations of response of pigeons to postural disorientation by tilting during weightlessness, and (c) anticipated changes in the sensory input spectrum and implications of such changes. Models have been proposed as visual aids in providing for cognitive learning aspects of training. The different effects of weightlessness on motor-perceptual and perceptual factors have been identified and solutions proposed for separately training each of these effects. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 1961
Accession Number
AD0259512

Entities

People

  • Barry G. King
  • Cephas T. Patch
  • Paul G. Shinkman

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Audiovisual Aids
  • Environment
  • Learning
  • Motor Skills
  • Observation
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Spectra
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Weightlessness

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Theoretical Analysis.