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Jason L Baer¹, Anita Vasavada^2,3, Rajal G Cohen⁴

¹Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA. baer5567@vandals.uidaho.edu.

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Biofeedback for posture improves neck length retention but worsens computer game performance. Higher mindfulness may help maintain posture without cognitive load, reducing performance costs.

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Area of Science:

Ergonomics
Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience

Background:

Maintaining good posture during computer tasks is challenging and may involve a dual-task tradeoff.
Extrinsic feedback for posture can impose cognitive load, while intrinsic feedback may be less taxing.
Mindfulness may enhance the availability of intrinsic postural feedback.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of neck length biofeedback on posture and computer game performance.
To examine the relationship between mindfulness levels and performance costs associated with biofeedback.
To explore the role of intrinsic vs. extrinsic postural feedback in cognitive load.

Main Methods:

Healthy young adults participated in a counterbalanced, repeated-measures design.
Participants played a computer game for 10 minutes with and without neck length biofeedback.
Posture was assessed via neck shrinkage, and task performance by game score.

Main Results:

Neck length retention improved with biofeedback, but game performance decreased.
Participants needing posture correction most experienced the largest performance decrements with biofeedback.
Better posture retention without biofeedback correlated with lower neck pain and higher mindfulness.

Conclusions:

Posture biofeedback imposes a cognitive load, leading to performance decrements.
Mindfulness may facilitate intrinsic postural control, mitigating dual-task costs.
Individuals with greater postural deficits may benefit less from extrinsic biofeedback due to higher cognitive load.