They will hide in the moon base against the coronavirus. Polish scientists will study the effects of quarantine on the brain
Are you already planning your flight to Mars? A few months on board the ship and you are there. If so, it might be worth checking first how a person functions in confinement for such a long period. Such tests are carried out at the LunAres research facility near Piła. Now, however, the station has found a surprisingly useful and mundane application.
The coronavirus pandemic, which has globally turned the world on its head this year, made the streets deserted, shops closed, or at least for a few weeks, as a result of a top-down lockdown, only single people could be seen sneaking through the streets for the most important things. Suddenly, we all felt the effects of prolonged shutdown.

How does confinement within four walls affect the brain?
It was here that the idea of conducting research on the neurological and psychological effects of the quarantine, which also now houses over one hundred thousand Polish women and Poles, emerged.
As part of the research campaign starting in November, scientists plan to conduct five two-week simulations involving international crews. The last crew will leave the LunAres habitat in March 2021.
At present, candidates from all over Europe apply. Some research dates are already after the recruitment, some are still looking for candidates, so I encourage you to fill in the application form on my website. We are aware that a pandemic is a challenging time to organize this type of research, but we should also remember about the potential usefulness of the results obtained.
Regardless of the pathogens, the physical isolation of society will be inherent in any pandemic
- says Leszek Orzechowski, director of the facility.

While voluntary isolation of participants will not produce the same psychological outcomes as involuntary isolation, the neurological effects of both will be the same. For this reason, all crew members will have their heads performed before and after the mission. Based on this, researchers will evaluate how the brain responds to being completely locked in four walls for a period of two weeks.
An ideal place to study the effects of insulation - LunAres, which was created by default in order to simulate the conditions prevailing during space missions - allows for complete isolation of people staying at the station from the external environment.
The database infrastructure allows, among others for continuous monitoring of the health and behavior of residents. Ten such two-week lunar mission simulations have already been carried out since the inception of the base. There are also plans for longer, monthly simulations.
If you're interested in participating in a quarantine simulation, here's your chance. Applications are still being accepted on the project website .

They will hide in the moon base against the coronavirus. Polish scientists will study the effects of quarantine on the brain
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