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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Motor Control
  • Biomechanical Engineering

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  • Growing evidence links cognitive and motor processes.
  • Traditional balance analysis methods aggregate data, obscuring short-term cognitive effects.
  • Discerning the impact of specific cognitive tasks on balance control requires finer temporal resolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel event-related approach for analyzing cognitive task effects on balance control.
  • To develop an R-package (forceplate) for processing time-series force plate data.
  • To establish a standard for processing force plate data in cognitive experiments.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an event-related approach with force plate measurements.
  • Developed the 'forceplate' R-package for data segmentation, filtering, and baseline correction.
  • Calculated descriptive statistics within user-defined time bins around experimental events.

Main Results:

  • The 'forceplate' R-package enables detailed analysis of balance control dynamics.
  • The event-related approach allows for the investigation of cognitive influences on balance at small time scales.
  • Processed data is suitable for further statistical analysis, such as ANOVA.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed event-related method and R-package facilitate precise analysis of cognitive-motor interactions.
  • This approach enhances the comparability of balance control studies in cognitive contexts.
  • Provides a standardized framework for analyzing fine-grained balance adjustments during cognitive tasks.