Video Experimental Relacionado
Updated: Feb 1, 2026

08:40
Quantifying Arms and Legs Contributions during Repetitive Electrically-Assisted Sit-To-Stand Exercise in Paraplegics: A Pilot Study
Published on: November 11, 2022
1.5K
No influence of sitting vs. standing on Simon effects
Pia Fenske1, Christina Bermeitinger1, Pamela Baess1
1University of Hildesheim, Germany.
Acta psychologica
|January 30, 2026
Resumen
Cognitive performance on conflict tasks remains consistent whether sitting or standing. This study found no significant difference in the Simon effect across body positions, regardless of stimulus eccentricity.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Psicología Cognitiva
- Ingeniería de Factores Humanos
Sus antecedentes:
- Los estilos de vida modernos implican estar sentado durante mucho tiempo, una postura común en la investigación cognitiva.
- La investigación existente sugiere que la posición del cuerpo puede influir en el rendimiento de las tareas cognitivas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el impacto de estar sentado o de pie en el conflicto cognitivo durante una tarea de Simon.
- Determinar si la excentricidad del estímulo afecta el efecto Simon en diferentes posiciones corporales.
Principales métodos:
- Los participantes realizaron una tarea de Simon, clasificando los estímulos por color mientras ignoraban la ubicación espacial.
- El estudio manipuló la excentricidad del estímulo (baja, media, alta) en diferentes bloques.
- Los experimentos se llevaron a cabo tanto en entornos de laboratorio como en el hogar.
Principales resultados:
- El efecto Simon fue comparable cuando los participantes estaban sentados o de pie.
- La excentricidad del estímulo no alteró significativamente el efecto Simon en ninguna de las posturas.
- Los resultados fueron consistentes en entornos experimentales de laboratorio y en el hogar.
Conclusiones:
- La posición del cuerpo (sentado o de pie) no parece influir en el rendimiento de tareas de conflicto cognitivo como la tarea de Simon.
- Los hallazgos sugieren que el procesamiento del conflicto cognitivo es robusto a los cambios en la postura corporal.
- El estudio contribuye a la comprensión de los factores que modulan el efecto Simon, indicando que la postura no es un modulador principal.
Videos de Conceptos Relacionados
Standing Waves
5.4K
Sometimes waves do not seem to move; rather, they just vibrate in place. Unmoving waves can be seen on the surface of a glass of milk kept in a refrigerator, which is one example of standing waves. Vibrations from the refrigerator motor create waves on the milk that oscillate up and down but do not seem to move across the surface. These waves are formed or created by the superposition of two or more identical moving waves in opposite directions. The waves move through each other, with their...
5.4K
Modes of Standing Waves - I
4.0K
A close look at earthquakes provides evidence for the conditions appropriate for resonance, standing waves, and constructive and destructive interference. A building may vibrate for several seconds with a driving frequency matching the building's natural frequency of vibration; this produces a resonance that results in one building collapsing while the neighboring buildings do not. Often, buildings of a certain height are devastated, while other taller buildings remain intact. This...
4.0K
Modes of Standing Waves: II
1.7K
The starting point for expressing the modes of standing waves is understanding the boundary conditions that the waves must follow. The boundary conditions are derived from the physical understanding of how the standing waves are sustained, that is, how the vibrating particles of the medium behave at the boundaries imposed on them.
For a tube open at one end and closed at the other filled with air, the modes are such that there is always an antinode at the open end and a node at the closed end....
For a tube open at one end and closed at the other filled with air, the modes are such that there is always an antinode at the open end and a node at the closed end....
1.7K
Framing Effects
7.9K
Information is everywhere and its presentation—such as how and when items are presented—can impact our perceptions and decisions surrounding the info. This broad concept umbrellas framing effects—influences that occur due to the way information is framed in its appearance, whether it’s purely the order or the specific wording of a message. Let’s take a look at numerous ways in which two versions of something can objectively say the same thing, yet we respond in...
7.9K
Standing Waves in a Cavity
1.5K
A household microwave and lasers are examples of standing electromagnetic waves in a cavity. When two conducting metal plates are placed parallel at the nodal planes, it creates a cavity where standing waves are formed. The cavity between the two planes is analogous to a stretched string held at the points x = 0 and x = L. Here, the distance 'L' between the two planes must be an integer multiple of half of the wavelength. The wavelengths that satisfy this condition are given by:
1.5K
Standing Electromagnetic Waves
2.3K
Electromagnetic waves can be reflected; the surface of a conductor or a dielectric can act as a reflector. As electric and magnetic fields obey the superposition principle, so do electromagnetic waves. The superposition of an incident wave and a reflected electromagnetic wave produces a standing wave analogous to the standing waves created on a stretched string.
Suppose a sheet of a perfect conductor is placed in the yz-plane, and a linearly polarized electromagnetic wave traveling in the...
Suppose a sheet of a perfect conductor is placed in the yz-plane, and a linearly polarized electromagnetic wave traveling in the...
2.3K

