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Interview with Tomáš Srb (2010, June 6^th)

Science Journal (Radio Prague)

The most exciting story of the month: Czech psychologists help set the stage for one of the greatest journeys of the mind imaginable. The scene is a parking lot in Moscow, where six scientists have been locked away in a mock spaceship for a 520-day-long mission to Mars…

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To work, rest and play in isolation (2010)

The Psychologist. Vol. 23(7). p 548-549.

Annotation: An interview with Tomás Srb, principal investigator for the Sociomapping project at the Czech-based QED GROUP. When asked about the Mars 500 project, he refers to simulating the whole journey to Mars and back. He states that the project aims to analyze and monitor relations among crew members and their relations to the mission control centre. He notes that the Team Sociomapping technique is designed to reveal patterns in team behavior and key performance indicators for team success.

UK Team Sociomapping Provider network continues to grow in response to increasing interest in Team Coaching solutions. (2010, January 5^th)

Personneltoday.com

The most exciting story of the month: Czech psychologists help set the stage for one of the greatest journeys of the mind imaginable. The scene is a parking lot in Moscow, where six scientists have been locked away in a mock spaceship for a 520-day-long mission to Mars…

Learn more at www.personneltoday.com

AoEC joins space crew on mission to test sociomapping (Jan/Feb 2010)

Coaching at work, Vol. 5(1), p.9-9, 1/4p.

Abstract: The article reports that the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) is exploring the use of Team Sociomapping in team dynamics with government organizations and a Mars mission space crew for a research that will be presented at the Division of Occupational Psychology Conference on January 13, 2010.

Fielden, K. (2008). Wessex Branch. Annual report of The British Psychological Society.

The Wessex Branch has continued to be extremely active throughout 2008. The Branch has been restructured into four operating hubs (Thames Valley, Dorset, Guildford /Surrey/ Brighton and Solent) each with their own committees which feed into the main committee. The structure of the Branch will be discussed within a Case Study to be held during the BPS Annual Conference in Brighton in April 2009. It is hoped that members will engage in open discussion with the committee over the future direction of the Branch and member requirements…

Learn more at www.bps.org.uk

New tool for analysis and visualization of teams and populations: Sociomapping (2008).

International Journal of Psychology, Vol. 43(3-4), p. 43.

Sykora, I., Nechaev, A. P., Solcova, I., Bahbouh, R., Kozerenko, O. P., Konopasek, P., Kazda, L., Urban, A., Muller, L., Tomecek, A., & Batik, K. (1997). Evaluation of the Dynamics of In-Group Strain During Long Isolation.

Aviakosm Ekolog Med, Vol. 31(4), pp. 11-15.

Abstract: Evaluation of the dynamics of in-group strain was conducted with conjunction with the 90-day modeling of space flight (ECOPSY-95). Baselines were the data of sociometric testing and analysis of video records of movements and behavior of the main and visiting crews (three members in each). Global assessment of the in-group strain was made on integration of experimental data using the Czech procedure of interdisciplinary approach to description of a social system, and the theory of fuzzy aggregate. The procedure allows to visualize interpersonal relations as social maps. Reaction to the psycho-emotional strain stemmed from long stay in isolation was manifested by gradual build-up of interpersonal strain, redistribution of the functional/role structure of the crew, destabilization of in-group interactions and its split.