Human space exploration is progressing into an unprecedented era characterized by extended-duration missions, the establishment of permanent lunar bases, and planned crewed voyages to Mars. These activities introduce important physiological challenges, primarily driven by exposure to altered gravity environments....
✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this meta-analysis concerns space neuroscience and has no relevance to audiology practice.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article has no relevance to the audiology field and appears to have been ingested in error; space-related auditory changes (e.g., tinnitus in astronauts) were not the focus.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Meta-analysis of neuroimaging data examining brain changes during long-duration space missions.
- 02Published in Frontiers in Psychology — not an audiology journal.
- 03No hearing-related outcomes or audiological measures were studied.
- 04Likely a data pipeline ingestion error for this audiology news feed.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42145548
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1748118.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publication type
- meta_analysis
- Evidence level
- 1a
- Population
- Humans (astronauts and participants in spaceflight analog studies) undergoing extended-duration space or space-simulation missions
- Intervention
- Extended-duration space exploration missions
Primary outcomes
Neuroimaging-measured brain structural and functional changes during spaceflight