Cognitive Spatial Processing and the Regulation of Posture

Subjects performed the Brooks (1967) spatial and nonspatial memory tasks either while sitting or while maintaining a difficult standing balance position. The balance task disrupted spatial but not nonspatial memory performance. Balance steadiness during spatial and nonspatial memory conditions did n...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance 1985-10, Vol.11 (5), p.617-622
Main Authors: Kerr, Beth, Condon, Sandra M, McDonald, Laura A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Evolution
Cognitive Processes
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Male
Memory
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Perception
Posture
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sex Factors
Space life sciences
Space Perception - physiology
Spatial Orientation (Perception)
Spatial Perception
Vision
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Summary:Subjects performed the Brooks (1967) spatial and nonspatial memory tasks either while sitting or while maintaining a difficult standing balance position. The balance task disrupted spatial but not nonspatial memory performance. Balance steadiness during spatial and nonspatial memory conditions did not differ. These results suggest that cognitive spatial processing may rely on neural mechanisms that are also required for the regulation of posture.
ISSN:0096-1523
1939-1277
DOI:10.1037/0096-1523.11.5.617