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Normalcy Bounces Back Quickly in Times of Stress and the Female Astronauts of the Mercury 13

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English - September 01, 2020 07:00 - 8 minutes - 8.42 MB - ★★★★★ - 877 ratings
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Learn about how people under stress can find a “new normal” surprisingly quickly, and why the Mercury 13 should have been the first women in space.

Even under stress, our sense of normalcy bounces back surprisingly quickly by Kelsey Donk

Sense of normalcy bounces back fast: New study. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uom-son072920.phpAnicich, E. M., Foulk, T. A., Osborne, M. R., Gale, J., & Schaerer, M. Getting Back to the “New Normal”: Autonomy Restoration during a Global Pandemic. https://www.newswise.com/pdf_docs/159604834166888_COVID-19%20Stress%20and%20Autonomy%20JAP%20-%20ACCEPTED%20VERSION.pdf

The Mercury 13 Should Have Been the First Women in Space by Reuben Westmaas

Looking Back: The Mercury 7. (2011). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_157.htmlKat Eschner. (2017, June 16). Meet the Rogue Women Astronauts of the 1960s Who Never Flew. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-american-women-who-trained-space-1960s-180963704/Potenza, A. (2018, May 29). We fact-checked Mercury 13, Netflix’s doc about NASA’s first women astronaut trainees. The Verge; The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/29/17393698/netflix-documentary-mercury-13-women-space-astronauts-margaret-weitekamp-interview

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