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Social Maintenance and Psychological Support Using Virtual Worlds

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In the space exploration domain, limitations in the Deep Space Network and the lack of real-time communication capabilities will impact various aspects of future long duration exploration such as a multi-year mission to Mars. One dimension of interest is the connection between flight crews and their Earth-based social support system, their family, friends, and colleagues. Studies in ground-based analogs of Isolated and Confined Environments (ICE) such as Antarctica have identified sensory deprivation and social monotony as threats to crew psychological well-being. Given the importance of behavioral health to mission success and the extreme conditions of space travel, new methods of maintaining psycho-social health and social connections to support systems are critical. In this paper we explore the use of Virtual Environments (VEs) and Virtual Agents (VAs) as tools to facilitate asynchronous human-human communication, and counteract behavioral health challenges as-sociated with prolonged isolation and deep space exploration.

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Wu, Peggy, Morie, Jacquelyn Ford, Benton, J., Haynes, Kip, Chance, Eric, Ott, Tammy and  Schmer-Galunder, Sonja (2014).Social Maintenance and Psychological Support Using Virtual Worlds. 2014 International Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction Conference (SBP). Washington, DC, March 31- April 3. p 393-402

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Monday, March 31, 2014

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SBP14-SIFT-ANSIBLE-Final.pdf

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Non-Intrusive Detection of Psycho-Social Dimensions using Sociolinguistics

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Wu, Peggy, Rye, Jeffrey, Miller, Christopher, Schmer-Galunder, Sonja, and Ott, Tammy. Non-Intrusive Detection of Psycho-Social Dimensions using Sociolinguistics. Third Workshop on Social Network Analysis in Applications (SNAA) of IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2013), Niagara Falls, Canada, August 25-28, 2013.

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Sunday, August 25, 2013

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ASONAM2013-Wu.pdf

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Maintaining Psycho-Social Health on the Way to Mars and Back

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 15:25:17 +0000

In future long duration Mars exploration missions, network limitations and the lack of real-time communication capabilities will impact various aspects of space crew performance as well as behavioral health. Studies in ground-based analogs of Isolated and Confined Environments (ICE) such as Antarctica have identified sensory and social monotony as threats to crew psychological well-being. Given the importance of behavioral health to mission success and the extreme conditions of space travel, new methods of maintaining psycho-social health and social connections to support systems are critical. We describe ANSIBLE – A Network of Social Interactions for Bilateral Life Enhancement. ANSIBLE leverages Virtual Environments (VEs) to deliver evidence based wellness promoting strategies and socially intelligent Virtual Agents (VAs) as tools to facilitate asynchronous human-human communication, and counteract behavioral health challenges associated with prolonged isolation and deep space exploration.

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Wu, Peggy, Morie, Jacquelyn, Chance, Eric, Haynes, Kip, Hamell, Joshua , Wall, Pete, Ladwig, Jack and Ott, Tammy (2015) Maintaining Psycho-Social Health on the Way to Mars and Back. Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC). April 8-10, Laval, France

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

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VRIC_ACM-ANSIBLE.pdf

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