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Higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study
Daily life activities often involve decision-based reaching movements in different contexts and circumstances. These activities span a wide array of cognitive load types we face while executing motor functions. Here we use a virtual reality-based neurocognitive testing platform to assess cognitive-i...
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author | Adi, Lustig Meytal, Wilf Israel, Dudkiewicz Meir, Plotnik |
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description | Daily life activities often involve decision-based reaching movements in different contexts and circumstances. These activities span a wide array of cognitive load types we face while executing motor functions. Here we use a virtual reality-based neurocognitive testing platform to assess cognitive-induced changes in motor behavior as reflected by modulations in head-hand coordination. Our paradigm is based on the Color Trails Test (CTT), which is designed to assess two types of cognitive functions: Trails A—sustained visual attention (SVA), and Trails B—divided attention (DA). The virtual reality CTT adaptation (VR-CTT) requires execution of large multi-directional hand movements and head rotations. We employed a cross-correlation analysis on hand and head kinematics data collected from 122 healthy participants (ages: 20–90 years; divided as follows: young, middle-aged, and older adults) who completed the VR-CTT. The level of spatial coherence of head-hand movements was found to be high (R ≥ 0.76) in both Trails A and B, in all age groups. However, assessing head-hand phase shifts revealed longer time lags (i.e., in which head leads hand) in Trails B versus Trails A, in all age groups. We conclude that allocating cognitive resources to DA task reduces head-hand synchrony as compared to SVA conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-105820462023-10-19 Higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study Adi, Lustig Meytal, Wilf Israel, Dudkiewicz Meir, Plotnik Sci Rep Article Daily life activities often involve decision-based reaching movements in different contexts and circumstances. These activities span a wide array of cognitive load types we face while executing motor functions. Here we use a virtual reality-based neurocognitive testing platform to assess cognitive-induced changes in motor behavior as reflected by modulations in head-hand coordination. Our paradigm is based on the Color Trails Test (CTT), which is designed to assess two types of cognitive functions: Trails A—sustained visual attention (SVA), and Trails B—divided attention (DA). The virtual reality CTT adaptation (VR-CTT) requires execution of large multi-directional hand movements and head rotations. We employed a cross-correlation analysis on hand and head kinematics data collected from 122 healthy participants (ages: 20–90 years; divided as follows: young, middle-aged, and older adults) who completed the VR-CTT. The level of spatial coherence of head-hand movements was found to be high (R ≥ 0.76) in both Trails A and B, in all age groups. However, assessing head-hand phase shifts revealed longer time lags (i.e., in which head leads hand) in Trails B versus Trails A, in all age groups. We conclude that allocating cognitive resources to DA task reduces head-hand synchrony as compared to SVA conditions. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10582046/ /pubmed/37848473 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43337-x Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Adi, Lustig Meytal, Wilf Israel, Dudkiewicz Meir, Plotnik Higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study |
title | Higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study |
title_full | Higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study |
title_fullStr | Higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study |
title_full_unstemmed | Higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study |
title_short | Higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study |
title_sort | higher cognitive load interferes with head-hand coordination: virtual reality-based study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10582046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37848473 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43337-x |
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