Would you like to participate?
For this project we are looking for participants between 18 and 35 years of age who are right handed.
To participate in this study, you would be asked to visit the Department of Psychology to participate in the following:
- Electroencephalography (EEG), which uses a cap with electrodes to measure the brain's electrical activity.
- Electromyography (EMG), which uses electrodes to measure electrical activity of the underlying muscles - specifically on the hands and the front of both shins.
- Respiration belt, which measures contraction and relaxation of the chest to measure respiration rate.
- Photoplethysmography (PPG), which uses infrared (IR) light to measure heart rate.
These measurements will be taken while you do a digital inhibition task. The whole visit will take 2-3 hours, and you will be compensated in the form of a gift card worth 300 NOK (Universal Presentkort) for participating.
Still interested in participating?
Then we would like for you to read through this information sheet about the study and measures we use. If you are still interested after reading through, please sign-up using the button below.
About the project
Our research project aims to address the gap in the literature by looking at a simple movement task. Even simple movements involve multistage information processing in the brain, where signals between the brain and the body guide behaviour. Attention, motor control, and importantly the ability to suppress unwanted actions – or response inhibition – are all key components to the production of a movement. As motor task difficulty increases attentional demand follows suit, at the same time response inhibition is working to ensure inappropriate movements or responses are not made.
Disentangling how motor control and attention interact to influence response inhibition could further our understanding of the interplay between exercise and cognition.
