Psychological and Behavioral Changes during Confinement in a 520-Day Simulated Interplanetary Mission to Mars

Mathias Basner; David F. Dinges; Daniel J. Mollicone; Igor Savelev; Adrian J. Ecker; Adrian Di Antonio; Christopher W. Jones; Eric C. Hyder; Kevin Kan; Boris V. Morukov; Jeffrey P. Sutton

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093298

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Psychological and Behavioral Changes during Confinement in a 520-Day Simulated Interplanetary Mission to Mars

Mathias Basner ,

* E-mail: basner@upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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David F. Dinges,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Daniel J. Mollicone,

Affiliation Pulsar Informatics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Igor Savelev,

Affiliations Wyle, Houston, Texas, United States of America, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Adrian J. Ecker,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Adrian Di Antonio,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Christopher W. Jones,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Eric C. Hyder,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Kevin Kan,

Affiliation Pulsar Informatics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Boris V. Morukov,

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia
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Jeffrey P. Sutton

Affiliations National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Space Medicine and Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Psychological and Behavioral Changes during Confinement in a 520-Day Simulated Interplanetary Mission to Mars

Mathias Basner,
David F. Dinges,
Daniel J. Mollicone,
Igor Savelev,
Adrian J. Ecker,
Adrian Di Antonio,
Christopher W. Jones,
Eric C. Hyder,
Kevin Kan,
Boris V. Morukov

Published: March 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093298

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