Space Station Live: The Brain in Space

NASA Commentator Lori Meggs talks with Dr. Rachael Seidler of the University of Michigan, the principal investigator of the Neuromapping experiment on the International Space Station, talks about her research into how the human brain changes during a long mission in a weightless environment. Previous research has shown that astronauts returning from the space station have experienced changes in the brain in areas related to balance, movement, and cognition, and the current experiment seeks more data to better understand why the changes take place so specialists can try to prevent them from occurring.

[TraumaQueen]

It's amazing how micro gravity affects the human body. And that they can be studied with crew members of the ISS. If only folks realised how important it really is, not just for space exploration but, for all of us

[tylerschamehorn]

Samantha! My favourite female Italian astronaut.