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'Backward and upward and tilted': Spaceflight causes astronauts' brains to shift inside their skulls

Their study, published on Jan. 12, showed a consistent pattern of the brain shifting backward and upward, and rotating upward ...
Psychology Today

How Meditation Replicates the Astronauts' Overview Effect

When astronauts look back at Earth from space, they often describe an experience so profound that it permanently alters how they perceive life. Known as the "overview effect," this shift in ...
SpaceNews

Astronauts, scientists, cultural thought leaders to announce formation of the Overview Institute

Experts Believe a View from Space May be Key to Solving Problems Here on Earth Raleigh, North Carolina — May 28, 2008 – More than 20 renowned experts in the fields of space, science, media, and ...
SpaceNews

July 18 conference in Washington D.C. to examine impact of civilian space travel on U.S. culture, economy and global relations

With civilian space flight less than two years away, The First Annual Conference on the Overview Effect will bring together an impressive panel of scientists, astronauts and visionary leaders to ...
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The Overview Effect

This presentation was recorded on November 7, 2013 in the "Moving Beyond Earth" exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Human spaceflight has changed our world, but can a ...