Scientists have found that more than half of astronauts experience a moderate degree of space adaptation syndrome. Almost 10% experience a severe form of it.
One of the signs of this syndrome is a change in the thinking of astronauts. Scientific experiments have confirmed that these sensations are real. Their manifestation is associated with a person’s lack of an organ that controls the sense of gravity.
The brain uses the vestibular system to determine the position of the body in space. It turned out that depending on the position of the body, the brain works differently. In a vertical position, he is active and quickly makes decisions, and in a horizontal position he tends to rest.
The absence of gravity is perceived by the brain as a state of rest, which makes solving logical and mathematical problems in orbit more difficult for astronauts.
