The cognitive load of physical activity in individuals with high and low tolerance to effort: An ecological paradigm to contrast stepping on the spot and stepping through space |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy;2. Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Foro Italico University of Rome, Rome, Italy;3. Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples \"Federico II\", Naples, Italy;1. MANIBUS Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy;2. Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;3. NIT, Neuroscience Institute of Turin, Turin, Italy;1. George Mason University, United States;2. The Catholic University of America, United States;1. Psychology of Communication and New Media, Institute for Human-Computer-Media, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Oswald-Külpe-Weg 82, 97074, Würzburg, Germany;2. Research Group Social Psychology, Department of Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway;1. Institute of Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine & Health Tourism, Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Eduard-Wallnöfer-Zentrum 1, 6060, Hall in Tyrol, Austria;2. Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Fairfax Hall, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Performing a physical activity means dealing with the challenges and difficulties occurring during the task. The more a person possesses the cognitive ability to deal with the complexity of the task, the more that person will be able to face the difficulties in activity regulation. However, no studies have been designed to investigate the cognitive dimension of physical activity. In the present study, we present an original in-task methodology that offers the means to assess the cognitive and physical load of a physical activity. Through the application of a dual task paradigm, we report in-task changes in cognitive abilities and physiological experiences in low and high tolerant individuals during the practice of one of two whole-body stepping tasks. The findings confirmed that stepping through space is a physical activity that requires more cognitive resources and is perceived as more cognitively and physically challenging than stepping on the spot. We demonstrated also that the tolerance to effort, which is a psychological factor, plays a non-negligible role in the way the activity sessions were experienced. The affective states in low tolerant individuals were always more negative than those reported by high tolerant individuals. Our findings argue for the existence of a cognitive dimension to physical activity with tolerance to effort being a moderator of individuals’ affective experience to exercise. |
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| Keywords: | Tolerance to effort Cognitive cost Physical activity Affective states In-task measure |
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