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Finding Aid for the Richard W. Nygren Papers (HSF-80)
Full text linkThe Richard Nygren Papers is composed of notebooks, reports, memos, notes, photographs, correspondence, technical manuals, technical requirements records, technical documents, technical drawings, certificates and awards, directories, training and meeting logs, telephone directories, charts, audiocassette tapes, VHS video tapes and other materials, used and kept by Richard Nygren during his NASA career. Nygren worked at NASA Johnson Space Center, NASA Headquarters, and as an independent consultant with NASA throughout his career. He began working at NASA Manned Spacecraft Center [later Johnson Space Center] in 1966 on the Apollo Program. Nygren is most known as being the Chief of the Vehicle Integration Test Team (VITT), for which he would travel with the NASA Shuttle astronauts from Johnson Space Center to Kennedy Space Center leading up to Shuttle mission launches.
The bulk of the materials are Nygren’s green fabric work notebooks, in which he documented details from meetings, business trips, and work with NASA astronauts prior to the launch of Space Shuttle missions. They also contain NASA project information, contact information for aerospace professionals and other NASA personnel, and any information that Nygren thought was significant to record for his daily work. The notebooks date from November 1966 to September 2001, covering Nygren’s entire NASA career.
The collection includes correspondence, memos, and photographs documenting Nygren’s role with the Space Shuttle Program, as well as various other NASA activities and projects. One of the more unique items in the collection are a set of 18 Russian-language diazo reproduction blueprints of engineering drawings for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). These drawings are of the outer and internal components of the American and Russian space vehicles showing the docking mechanisms during the test of space rescue operations
Biopsychology: Development and Brain Plasticity
No full textNeural development and brain plasticity are critical processes that shape the structure and function of the brain from the earliest stages of life through adulthood and into aging. The brain's ability to change and adapt contributes to everything from learning and memory to recovery from injury. This chapter explores these complex and dynamic processes, focusing on how they contribute to behavior and cognition, as well as the biological mechanisms that drive them. Understanding neural development and plasticity is essential for anyone interested in biopsychology, as these processes play a fundamental role in mental health, learning, and overall brain function across the lifespan.
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Psychology Flexibility, The Five Factor Model, and The Section III Alternative Model of Personality Disorders: A Quantitative Analysis
Full text linkThe aim of this study was to examine the factor structure and relationship between the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Hexaflex Model of Psychological Flexibility, the Five Factor Model (FFM), and the Section-III Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD). Moreover, the ACT Hexaflex has been described as a 6-factor model of psychological flexibility and has been studied as a transdiagnostic approach to treating psychopathology. Yet, some authors suggest that a 3-factor model may offer a more parsimonious conceptualization of psychological flexibility. Further, minimal research has examined the relationship between psychological flexibility and the FFM, and no research has examined the relationship between psychological flexibility and the AMPD. Therefore, a cross-sectional structural equation model was conducted to examine whether a 6-factor or 3-factor model of psychological flexibility results in superior model fit and how this relates to the FFM and AMPD (N = 744). A confirmatory factor analysis yielded superior model fit for the 6-factor model of psychological flexibility as compared to the 3-factor model. Further, a series of exploratory factor analyses demonstrated various positive and negative associations between the factors of psychological flexibility and the FFM, and minimal associations with the AMPD. Together, these findings support the 6-factor conceptualization of psychological flexibility and the relationship between psychological flexibility and the FFM. However, additional research is needed to better understand the limited findings between psychological flexibility and the AMPD. This study has significant implications for ACT and its application with normal and pathological personality traits domains
Biopsychology: Higher-Order Cognitive Functioning
No full textOpen Educational ResourceThis OER is a chapter on Higher-Order Cognitive Functioning as part of the course Brain and Behavior. This resource provides a general overview of higher order cognitive functioning, discussing the neural underpinnings of various processes such as executive functioning, problem solving, decision making, and social cognition.
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Biopsychology: Learning and Memory
No full textOpen Educational ResourceIn this chapter, we will explore various types of learning, the different memory systems, and the neural mechanisms that support these processes. We'll also look into how memories are consolidated and how temporal distinctions in memory—such as the difference between short-term and long-term memory—play out in the brain. Key principles such as Hebb’s rule and neural plasticity (long-term potentiation and long-term depression) will be discussed in depth. Additionally, we will examine conditions such as amnesia, Korsakoff’s syndrome, and Alzheimer’s disease that demonstrate what happens when these systems break down.
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Biopsychology: Psychological Disorders
No full textOpen Educational ResourceThis OER is a chapter on Psychological Disorders as part of the course Brain and Behavior. This resource provides a general overview of neurological and psychiatric disorders including diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and advances in the field. The chapter focuses on the biological underpinnings of various neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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Biopsychology: Stress
No full textOpen Educational ResourceThe neurobiology of the stress response involves the coordinated action of key brain regions, the autonomic nervous system, and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to regulate physiological and behavioral reactions to stressors. While acute stress can be adaptive, chronic stress can lead to neural and systemic dysfunction, highlighting the importance of understanding individual differences in stress responses and strategies for resilience.
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Finding Aid for the Glynn S. Lunney Papers (HSF-90)
No full textThe Glynn S. Lunney Papers is composed of correspondence, telegrams, photographs, negatives, personnel records, resumes, notebooks, flight plans, binders, scrapbooks, papers, transcripts, press materials, booklets, proclamations, awards, certificates, agendas, event programs, invitations, flyers, yearbooks, newsletters, magazines, newspaper articles, ephemera, audio reel tapes, artifacts, and miscellaneous materials, documenting the personal and professional life of NASA engineer, flight director, and program manager Glynn S. Lunney of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, and Houston, Texas. The collection spans from his high school years in Pennsylvania, through post-retirement life. The materials date from the 1940s through 2013, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1960 to 1990.
One of the largest sets of materials in the collection is photographs. The collection contains over 1,700 original photographs documenting all aspects of Glynn Lunney’s life, work, and some parts of his family’s lives between the 1940s through the 2010s. The greatest strength of the photographs is their documentation of his role with various NASA missions at NASA Johnson Space Center from 1965 to 1984. The largest set of photographs in the entire collection documents the operation of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project from October 1970 through the program’s conclusion in 1975. Some of the most unique and most original photographs in the collection relate to ASTP. There are photographs from every meeting and training held both in Houston, Texas, and Moscow, Russia, between the USSR-US Joint ASTP Working Group.
Another large set of materials is housed within Glynn Lunney’s memento and work binders. Removed from the physical binders for preservation, these materials were originally arranged in three-ring binders to document Lunney’s role in the various NASA programs and missions from the Gemini Program through the Space Shuttle Program. The original binders were arranged in the following categories: Gemini to Apollo 7; Apollo 7-12; Apollo 13; Apollo 13; Apollo 14 to ASTP; Apollo 16; Skylab 3; and an original Lunney-produced set of photographic National Space Transportation System Overview Slides. There are unique pieces of correspondence, photographs, and other items from the Apollo 13 and ASTP missions found in these binders, including an original teletype message from the Apollo 13 crew aboard the USS Iwo Jima after their safe return to Earth.
Another important set of materials included in the papers is correspondence, which Lunney curated to maintain a specific set representative of the different types of people and purposes for which people corresponded with him. There are unique letters from NASA Johnson Space Center Director Christopher C. Kraft Jr., retired Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham, and astronaut and NASA official Deke Slayton. The collection includes Glynn Lunney’s NASA personnel records, including his original personnel file, providing a detailed description and history of his job positions, job responsibilities, promotions, and supervisor assessments, from 1958 through 1985
ArcGIS Canvas Modules for UHCL
Full text linkThese modules introduce basic concepts in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the ArcGIS mapping platform. Academic course modules illustrate how GIS can be applied across disciplines
Biopsychology: The Motor System
No full textOpen Educational ResourceThe motor system is a complex network of structures and pathways that coordinate and execute voluntary and involuntary movements. It involves various parts of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, which work together to control muscle activity and movement. This system is essential for performing everyday tasks, from simple actions like walking and talking to more complex activities such as playing a musical instrument or engaging in sports.
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