@article{ref1,
title="The effects of distraction on threat-related changes in standing balance control",
journal="Neuroscience letters",
year="2019",
author="Johnson, Kyle J. and Watson, Alexander M. and Tokuno, Craig D. and Carpenter, Mark G. and Adkin, Allan L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Research indicates that threat-induced changes in standing balance are associated with shifts in attention focus. This study investigated whether distracting attention modifies threat-induced changes in standing balance. Twenty-five healthy young adults stood without (No Threat) and with (Threat) the possibility of receiving a temporally unpredictable anteroposterior support surface translation. In both conditions, participants completed a distractor task that consisted of counting how often a pre-selected letter occurred in an auditory sequence, or no distractor task. Emotional responses to threat were quantified using electrodermal activity and self-report measures, while attention focus was quantified using self-report. Centre of pressure (COP) was measured to assess changes in standing balance. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that postural threat induced an emotional response, as well as broad shifts in attention focus and changes in standing balance. Distracting attention with a cognitive task mitigated threat-induced increases in medium-frequency COP displacements (0.5-1.8 Hz). These results provide support for a relationship between threat-related changes in balance control and attention focus.<br><br>Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0304-3940",
doi="10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134635",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134635"
}