Influence of serial subtraction tasks on transient characteristics of postural control

The Differences in Transient Characteristics of Postural Control between Young and Older Adults across Four Different Postural Tasks

“…Due to these issues, we suggest that investigating transient behavior after the removal or restoration of vision (parallel EC and EO tasks) is methodologically a sounder option. In addition, a transient response in postural sway was also observed after the addition of a cognitive task [27], which is another promising avenue, especially in light of the well-known increased cognitive cost in older adults [28] and possible links of dual-task ability to the risk of falling [29,30]. Finally, extending the application of analyzing the transient behavior of postural sway to patients with neurological diseases is also intriguing.…”

The feigned annoyance and frustration test to activate the sympathoadrenal medullary system

“…Our group was interested in a stress test that did not rely on cardiovascular stress, excluding exercise performance tasks such as the bicycle ergometer task. We also were in search of a task that was sufficiently robust, excluding stress tasks that are based solely on cognitive load, such as the Stroop Color-Word Interference Task [ 13 ] or the Serial Subtraction Task [ 14 ]. Additionally, we were interested in a task that did not involve physiologic pain, excluding an electric shock task [ 15 ] or the Cold Pressor Test [ 16 ].…”