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The effect of light touch on the simple reaction time task and level of COP signal regularity during quiet standing.

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Anna Brachman, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland; Justyna Michalska, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland; Bogdan Bacik, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland

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Brachman, Anna, Michalska, Justyna , and Bacik, Bogdan. The effect of light touch on the simple reaction time task and level of COP signal regularity during quiet standing. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-04-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E199661V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The literature consistently shows that a light touch can help stabilize posture. However, there is still no agreement on how paying attention to additional tactile information affects the control of upright posture. To better understand the underlying mechanisms, we conducted a study where we tested conditions of sensory deprivation (closing the eyes), additional feedback (light touch), and a dual task paradigm (measuring simple reaction time to an unpredictable auditory stimulus). Twenty-five healthy students perform eight postural tasks, randomly assigned, four with the simple reaction task (RT) and four without (NoRT). We measured center of pressure displacements on a force plate in two visual conditions: eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC), and two sensory conditions: with light touch (LT) and without light touch (NoLT). Before each measurement, participants were instructed to consider the postural task as the primary task.



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