Hofmann, Philipp and Jost, Leonardo and Jansen, Petra (2023) Embodied Mental Rotation - Does It Affect Postural Stability? JOURNAL OF MOTOR BEHAVIOR, 55 (2). pp. 202-219. ISSN 0022-2895, 1940-1027
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The effect of different human body part stimuli in mental rotation tasks (MRTs) on postural stability was investigated in two dual-task experiments. There were significant differences within egocentric MRTs (Experiment 1, N = 46): Hand and foot stimuli tended to cause more body sway than whole-body figures and showed increased body sway for higher rotation angles in the MRTs. In object-based MRTs (Experiment 2, N = 109) different stimuli did not evoke different levels of body sway, but higher rotation angles led to higher body sway. Both experiments showed a stabilizing effect of MRTs compared to the control condition. Exploratorily analyses identified reaction time in MRTs as a significant predictor of body sway. The results suggest a heterogeneous impact of mental rotation on postural stability.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COGNITIVE TASKS; SPATIAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ATTENTIONAL DEMANDS; MOTOR EXPERTISE; WORKING-MEMORY; OLDER-ADULTS; SWAY; PERFORMANCE; REPRESENTATIONS; PERSPECTIVE; mental rotation; postural stability; embodiment; dual task |
| Subjects: | 700 Arts & recreation > 796 Athletic & outdoor sports & games |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2024 09:52 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2024 09:52 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/56619 |
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