{"id":333,"date":"2016-07-08T14:50:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T14:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/?p=333"},"modified":"2016-08-02T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T16:00:28","slug":"postural-sway-of-sitting-infants-on-solid-and-foam-surfaces-while-engaged-in-concurrent-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/postural-sway-of-sitting-infants-on-solid-and-foam-surfaces-while-engaged-in-concurrent-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Postural Sway of Sitting Infants on Solid and Foam Surfaces while Engaged in Concurrent Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SolidLook.png\" alt=\"Postural Sway of Sitting Infants on Solid and Foam Surfaces while Engaged in Concurrent Tasks\" width=\"757\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SolidLook.png 757w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SolidLook-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SolidLook-180x115.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Independently sitting infants alter sway based on concurrent task demands. Research in our lab has demonstrated that infants reduce sway to better interact with a toy held in their hand (Claxton et al., 2014), and to better focus on a small image viewed on a monitor (Claxton et al., 2013b).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Given that these concurrent tasks likely have different attentional demands, this study is investigating whether holding a toy or looking at a toy will result in a greater reduction of sway. Given that infants sit on a variety of surfaces (e.g., floors, sofas) that make it easier or more difficult for them to maintain balance, we are also assessing whether the influence of concurrent tasks on postural sway might differ when given a more challenging postural task.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Therefore, we are investigating whether either holding a toy or looking at a toy will lead to a greater reduction in postural sway in an easy postural task (sitting on a solid surface) and difficult postural task (sitting on a foam surface).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>PI<\/strong>: Dr. Laura J. Claxton<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Students: Amanda Arnold, Joshua Liddy<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independently sitting infants alter sway based on concurrent task demands. Research in our lab has demonstrated that infants reduce sway to better interact with a toy held in their hand (Claxton et al., 2014), and to better focus on a small image viewed on a monitor (Claxton et al., 2013b).\u00a0 Given that these concurrent tasks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-motor-development","7":"entry","8":"override"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/hk\/Biomechanics-MotorBehavior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}