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S. Bishop, S. Häuplik-Meusburger, J. Guined:
"Bionomic Design Countermeasures for Enhancing Cognitive and Psychological Functioning and Crew Performance in Isolated and Confined Habitats";
Talk: International Conference of Environmental Systems, SAE, Wien (invited); 07-10-2016 - 07-14-2016; in: "46th International Conference on Environmental Systems", Texas Tech University Library System, ICES-2016-375 (2016), Paper ID ICES-2016-375, 10 pages.

http://hdl.handle.net/2346/67695
In the context of biomedical risk reduction and mitigation in future deep space missions, the need for effective behavioural and performance inflight support has been recognized as critical by psychologists, designers and mission planners alike. Research has shown that fractal structures of the natural environment (`bionomic´) in the 1.3 - 1.5 dimensional range may enable the most effective linkages between cognitive and emotional processes and settings. Growing evidence strongly suggests that incorporation of these fractal dimensions into the design of habitat interiors (bionomic design) may assist the emotional, cognitive and perceptual processes associated with flexible, creative thought, stress reduction and personal emotional management. A discussion of the supporting evidence, study design, implementation requirements, measurement and application will be the focus of this presentation. Bionomic interior design elements can possibly serve as effective passive countermeasures to isolation and confinement stress as well as serve as a natural enhancement for performance and psychological functioning. Opportunities to collect efficacy data on the impact of bionomic interior design elements are proposed for multiple analog environments, e.g., Antarctica, NEEMO, HERA, MDRS, HiSEAS. Significance: The ability to bring nature into closed loop, artificial habitats is difficult. The possibility that critical features from such environments can be extracted and implemented in the form of textures, lighting, murals, decorative patterns, or colors, to support performance, cognition and psychological well-being represents an exciting efficient and effective passive countermeasure with little dependence on crew compliance. The development of portable design elements, e.g., murals, will enable testing in various analogs to validate their effectiveness across different settings characterized by intense demands for cognitive functioning in austere environments.

http://hdl.handle.net/2346/67695
In the context of biomedical risk reduction and mitigation in future deep space missions, the need for effective behavioural and performance inflight support has been recognized as critical by psychologists, designers and mission planners alike. Research has shown that fractal structures of the natural environment (`bionomic´) in the 1.3 - 1.5 dimensional range may enable the most effective linkages between cognitive and emotional processes and settings. Growing evidence strongly suggests that incorporation of these fractal dimensions into the design of habitat interiors (bionomic design) may assist the emotional, cognitive and perceptual processes associated with flexible, creative thought, stress reduction and personal emotional management. A discussion of the supporting evidence, study design, implementation requirements, measurement and application will be the focus of this presentation. Bionomic interior design elements can possibly serve as effective passive countermeasures to isolation and confinement stress as well as serve as a natural enhancement for performance and psychological functioning. Opportunities to collect efficacy data on the impact of bionomic interior design elements are proposed for multiple analog environments, e.g., Antarctica, NEEMO, HERA, MDRS, HiSEAS. Significance: The ability to bring nature into closed loop, artificial habitats is difficult. The possibility that critical features from such environments can be extracted and implemented in the form of textures, lighting, murals, decorative patterns, or colors, to support performance, cognition and psychological well-being represents an exciting efficient and effective passive countermeasure with little dependence on crew compliance. The development of portable design elements, e.g., murals, will enable testing in various analogs to validate their effectiveness across different settings characterized by intense demands for cognitive functioning in austere environments.

https://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_304049.pdf