Individual characteristics in postural load

Universal and individual characteristics of postural sway during quiet standing in healthy young adults

The time course of the center of pressure (CoP) during human quiet standing, corresponding to body sway, is a stochastic process, influenced by a variety of features of the underlying neuro-musculo-skeletal system, such as postural stability and flexibility. Due to complexity of the process, sway patterns have been characterized in an empirical way by a number of indices, such as sway size and ...

Individual Characteristics and Ethical Whistle-Blowing Intention in Audit Profession

Background: Individuals characteristics including gender, education level, job experience and job rank are affective and significant variables in work ethic. This research try to study this affection on whistle blowing in audit profession. Thus, the aim of this research is to study of gender effect on whistle blowing as an ethical behavior. Method: The research method is descriptive-correlation...

Sleep Characteristics in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Study Objectives: Patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) complain of difficulties with sleep dysfunction. This study characterizes sleep architecture and Alpha-Delta sleep (ADS) in patients with POTS. Methods: Patients diagnosed with POTS with reported daytime sleepiness were evaluated by polysomnography (women=100%; mean age= 34.3; range 25-55). Measurements included nu...

Eliminating Individual Differences in Distractibility With Load

Perceptual load has been found to be a powerful determinant of distractibility in laboratory tasks. The present study assessed how the effects of perceptual load on distractibility in the laboratory relate to individual differences in the likelihood of distractibility in daily life. Sixty-one subjects performed a response-competition task in which perceptual load was varied. As expected, indivi...

Running title : INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND COGNITIVE LOAD Individual differences and cognitive load theory