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Effects of Thirty Days Isolation on Attention Networks: A Behavioral and Event-related Potential Study

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Acknowledgements

First of all, we would like to thank the six participants who completed the experiment with high quality and provided valuable data. Special thanks also go to the team at the Shenzhen Institute of Space Science and Technology, which is responsible for the operation and security of this experiment. Thanks to Minister Bingmu Xin, Ying Chen, and Cheng Zhang for their work and support.

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  1. Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Space Engineering University, Beijing, 101400, China

    Jingda Feng

  2. China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing, 100094, China

    Jingda Feng, Bin Wu, Ziqing Cao, Haibo Qin, Yusheng Shi & Weifen Huang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and Application, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing, 100094, China

    Hailong Chen & Yinghui Li

  4. School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710000, China

    Tianjun Lan

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Feng, J., Wu, B., Cao, Z. et al. Effects of Thirty Days Isolation on Attention Networks: A Behavioral and Event-related Potential Study. Neurosci. Bull. 40, 127–132 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-023-01136-4

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