Does Standing Up Enhance Performance on the Stroop Task in Healthy Young Adults? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Maja Maša Šömen, Manca Peskar, Bettina Wollesen, Klaus Gramann and Uros Marusic ()
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Maja Maša Šömen: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Manca Peskar: Science and Research Centre Koper, Institute for Kinesiology Research, Garibaldijeva Ulica 1, 6000 Koper, Slovenia
Bettina Wollesen: Biological Psychology and Neuroergonomics, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Faculty V: Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Klaus Gramann: Biological Psychology and Neuroergonomics, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Faculty V: Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Uros Marusic: Science and Research Centre Koper, Institute for Kinesiology Research, Garibaldijeva Ulica 1, 6000 Koper, Slovenia

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-24

Abstract: Understanding the changes in cognitive processing that accompany changes in posture can expand our understanding of embodied cognition and open new avenues for applications in (neuro)ergonomics. Recent studies have challenged the question of whether standing up alters cognitive performance. An electronic database search for randomized controlled trials was performed using Academic Search Complete, CINAHL Ultimate, MEDLINE, PubMed, and Web of Science following PRISMA guidelines, PICOS framework, and standard quality assessment criteria (SQAC). We pooled data from a total of 603 healthy young adults for incongruent and 578 for congruent stimuli and Stroop effect (mean age = 24 years). Using random-effects results, no difference was found between sitting and standing for the Stroop effect (Hedges’ g = 0.13, 95% CI = −0.04 to 0.29, p = 0.134), even when comparing congruent (Hedges’ g = 0.10; 95% CI: −0.132 to 0.339; Z = 0.86; p = 0.389) and incongruent (Hedges’ g = 0.18; 95% CI: −0.072 to 0.422; Z = 1.39; p = 0.164) stimuli separately. Importantly, these results imply that changing from a seated to a standing posture in healthy young adults is unlikely to have detrimental effects on selective attention and cognitive control. To gain a full understanding of this phenomenon, further research should examine this effect in a population of healthy older adults, as well as in a population with pathology.

Keywords: healthy young adults; dual task; posture; Stroop task; cognitive-motor interference; sit-to-stand workstations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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