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Overview effect

The overview effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. Researchers have characterized the effect as "a state of awe with self-transcendent qualities, precipitated by a particularly striking visual stimulus". The most prominent common aspects of personally experiencing the Earth from space are appreciation…

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Overview effect

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related to history · 18
Overview effect → After Apollo, Apollo, April, Earth, Earth Day, Earth's, Earthrise, English, Frank White, Fred Hoyle, Hoyle, O'Neill, Rachel Carson's, Silent Spring, Space Studies Institute, That, The, William Anders' December
related to Alternative characterizations · 14
Overview effect → American, Beginning, Bimm, Bimm's, Blue Marble, Cold War, Earth, Gaia, He, Instead, Jordan Bimm, Preliminarily, Western, White's
has effect · 12
Overview effect → Alan Shepard, Anthropologist Deana, Aviation Medicine, Contrasted, Earth, God, Individual, Main, Researchers, Scientific, The Journal, Weibel
related to External links · 12
Overview effect → An, Civilization, Earth, Ignite Boise, Its Importance, JP Chastain, Overview InstituteOverview, Planetary Collective, Royal Institution, Speech, TKSST, YouTube
related to Further reading · 11
Overview effect → Aeronautics, American Institute, Astronautics, Frank, Human Evolution, ISBN, Reston, Space Exploration, The Overview Effect, Virginia, White
related to Characteristics · 10
Overview effect → Broadly, Earth, Expressions, Grand Canyon, Leland Melvin, More, The, Though, Voski, Yaden
related to Other names · 10
Overview effect → Albert Sacco, Earth, Edgar Mitchell, Frank White, Garan Jr, Mitchell's, Moon, Referring, Ronald, The
related to Simulating the effect · 4
Overview effect → Perceived, Recognizing, Researchers, VR
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Overview effect → cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space

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Overview effectis acognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space0.90text
the Gaia hypothesisinstance ofHe posited that it was Cold War and mastery-of-Earth mentalities of Western technological supremacy that contributed to the rise of borderless-world concepts0.80text
spaceship Earthinstance ofHe posited that it was Cold War and mastery-of-Earth mentalities of Western technological supremacy that contributed to the rise of borderless-world concepts0.80text
and the Blue Marble.Bimm expressed concern over White's perception that the effect embodies a natural imperative for humans to pursue space travelinstance ofHe posited that it was Cold War and mastery-of-Earth mentalities of Western technological supremacy that contributed to the rise of borderless-world concepts0.80text
colonizationinstance ofHe posited that it was Cold War and mastery-of-Earth mentalities of Western technological supremacy that contributed to the rise of borderless-world concepts0.80text
Bimm saying the attitude resembles the 18th-century American colonialistinstance ofHe posited that it was Cold War and mastery-of-Earth mentalities of Western technological supremacy that contributed to the rise of borderless-world concepts0.80text
expansionist concept of manifest destinyinstance ofHe posited that it was Cold War and mastery-of-Earth mentalities of Western technological supremacy that contributed to the rise of borderless-world concepts0.80text
increased well-beinginstance ofsuch phenomena can have short and long-term positive outcomes0.80text
pro-socialinstance ofsuch phenomena can have short and long-term positive outcomes0.80text
pro-environmental attitudesinstance ofsuch phenomena can have short and long-term positive outcomes0.80text
and improved physical healthinstance ofsuch phenomena can have short and long-term positive outcomes0.80text
space flight.Early photos of Earth taken from space have inspired a mild version of the overview effect in earthbound viewersinstance ofenvironments0.80text

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