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    Stand at Attention! Examining Postural Effects on Attention

    Year: 2025, 2025
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Bolzon, Jenna M, Thesis advisor (ths): Chan-Reynolds, Michael G, Degree committee member (dgc): Brown, Liana E, Degree committee member (dgc): Treccani, Barbara, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Office workers consistently report greater productivity in the workplace when standing compared to sitting (Chambers et al., 2019; MacEwan et al., 2015; Mantzari et al., 2018). In contrast, laboratory studies report inconsistent evidence that posture (sitting vs. standing) affects cognitive performance, usually operationalized as selective attention (Caron et al., 2020; 2022; Rosenbaum… more