ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2023
Young adults who improve performance during dual-task walking show more flexible reallocation of cognitive resources: a mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI) study.
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- A systematic review of mobile brain/body imaging studies using the P300 event-related potentials to investigate cognition beyond the laboratory.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Neural signatures of dual-task walking demands in individuals at risk of cognitive impairment.npj aging · 2026Article
- Effects of a secondary mental task and additional auditory feedback on body movements and EEG.Experimental brain research · 2026Article
- A symphony of functioning: exploring the interplay of cognition, movement, and visual demands in adolescents on the autism spectrum using mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI).Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2026Article
- The impact of exercise on cognitive function and brain health across the lifespan: A systematic review.Ibrain · 2026Review
- A symphony of functioning: Assessing the interplay of cognition, movement, and visual processing in adolescents on the autism spectrum using mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI).Research square · 2025Article
- The Effect of a Cognitive Dual Task on Gait Parameters among Healthy Young Adults with Good and Poor Sleep Quality: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Reduced Proactive and Reactive Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adults Underlies Performance Costs During Dual-Task Walking: A Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI) Study.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Investigating cognitive-motor effects during slacklining using mobile EEG.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Acute effect of complexity in basketball on cognitive capacity.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Maintaining Task Performance Levels Under Cognitive Load While Walking Requires Widespread Reallocation of Neural Resources.Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Cognitive aging at work and in daily life-a narrative review on challenges due to age-related changes in central cognitive functions.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
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introductionIn young adults, pairing a cognitive task with walking can have different effects on gait and cognitive task performance. In some cases, performance clearly declines whereas in others compensatory mechanisms maintain performance. This study investigates the preliminary finding of behavioral improvement in Go/NoGo response inhibition task performance during walking compared with sitting, which was observed at the piloting stage. MATERIALS AND
methodsMobile brain/body imaging (MoBI) was used to record electroencephalographic (EEG) activity, 3-dimensional (3D) gait kinematics and behavioral responses in the cognitive task, during sitting or walking on a treadmill.
resultsIn a cohort of 26 young adults, 14 participants improved in measures of cognitive task performance while walking compared with sitting. These participants exhibited walking-related EEG amplitude reductions over frontal scalp regions during key stages of inhibitory control (conflict monitoring, control implementation, and pre-motor stages), accompanied by reduced stride-to-stride variability and faster responses to stimuli compared with those who did not improve. In contrast, 12 participants who did not improve exhibited no EEG amplitude differences across physical condition. DISCUSSION: The neural activity changes associated with performance improvement during dual tasking hold promise as cognitive flexibility markers that can potentially help assess cognitive decline in aging and neurodegeneration.
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