#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers at the Russian Technological University (RTU MIREA) have developed a method for selecting specialists for work in the Arctic zone using a neurocomputer interface, the university’s press service reports.
“The introduction of a neurocomputer interface (NCI) in research on Arctic expeditions will allow for effective monitoring of the cognitive and emotional parameters of participants, as well as identifying psychophysiological adaptations to the extreme conditions of the northern regions”, the press service notes.
According to the developers, the shortage of workers in the Arctic (for example, in Taimyr there are 27 vacancies per a registered unemployed person) is due, among other things, to the fact that not every person is physically and emotionally capable of spending a long time in the Arctic, TASS reports.
A solution to the problem was proposed by Andrey Rybnikov, a lecturer at the RTU MIREA Information Technology Institute’s instrumental and applied software department. He developed a personnel selection system based on a neurointerface that works using electroencephalography technology, which reads and then analyzes the electrical activity of the brain.
“This will allow us to identify key psychophysiological adaptations of a person to Arctic conditions based on data collected during expeditions. Analysis of psychophysiological parameters (brain activity, heart rate, and body temperature) will allow us to identify changes that characterize adaptation to cold, limited resources, physical and emotional stress in Arctic conditions”, the press service quotes Rybnikov as saying.
Earlier, This Is Taimyr reported that a special education system is needed to study the Arctic.
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Text: Polina Bardik, Photo: Nikolay Shchipko
