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Assessment of Stress Effects on Cognitive Flexibility using an Operant Strategy Shifting Paradigm

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Fast by nature - how stress patterns define human experience and performance in dexterous tasks.

I Pavlidis¹, P Tsiamyrtzis, D Shastri

¹Computational Physiology Lab, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. ipavlidis@uh.edu

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This study quantifies stress using thermal imaging of perinasal perspiration, a sympathetic response. Novice surgical trainees exhibit faster, less accurate movements due to stress, not skill.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Physiology
Medical Training

Background:

Stress significantly impacts cognitive and motor performance.
Objective physiological stress indicators are crucial for understanding performance under pressure.
Surgical training demands high levels of dexterity and stress management.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantify stress responses using non-invasive thermal imaging of perinasal perspiration.
To investigate the relationship between stress, skill, and performance in a surgical training context.
To differentiate between skill-based and stress-induced behavioral patterns.

Main Methods:

Utilized thermal imaging to measure transient perspiratory responses on the perinasal area.
Developed an unobtrusive methodology for monitoring stress in real-time.
Compared performance metrics (speed, accuracy) between novice and experienced individuals during a dexterous task.

Main Results:

Perspiratory responses are sympathetically driven, indicating brain stress processes.
Novices and experienced individuals attempted tasks at similar speeds.
Novices' speed was linked to high stress, compromising accuracy, while experienced individuals' speed reflected skill.

Conclusions:

Perinasal thermal imaging offers a viable, unobtrusive method for stress quantification.
Novice performance in high-stakes tasks is often driven by stress rather than skill.
Skill acquisition may be geared towards achieving a specific performance speed, influenced by neurophysiological limits.