Can mindfulness improve astronauts’ performance?

08 March 2018

Are you fascinated by space and life of astronauts? Do you want to learn more about mindfulness meditation and positive psychology? This novel study combines both positive psychology with space psychology. Join in!
The study consists of two main parts.
- A mindfulness meditation training which you access and practice at home.
- A Skype call part of the research when you are asked to fill in a few questionnaires and to perform tasks that in various ways simulate demands placed on astronauts.

Keywords

• University of East London
• psychology
• positive psychology
• space psychology
• mindfulness
• mindfulness meditation
• research

Ethical approval

This study is approved by the ethics committee of the University of East London.

About the researcher

I study MSc Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology at the University of East London.

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