Total number of words in manuscript: 8155. Total number of words in abstract: 178
AbstractRecent advancements in portable technology have opened new avenues in the study of human cognition outside research laboratories. This flexibility in methodology has led to the publication of several Electroencephalography (EEG) studies recording brain responses in real world scenarios such as cycling and walking outside. In the present study, we wanted to test the classic oddball task event related potentials (ERPs) while participants moved around a running track using an electric skateboard. This novel approach allows for the study of attention in motion while virtually removing body movement. Using the auditory oddball paradigm, we were able to measure the P3 and MMN-N2b components elicited by this task. We also found that compared to resting state, alpha power is attenuated in frontal and parietal regions during skateboarding. We also tested for the effect of stance preference in terms of P3 and alpha magnitude and found no differences in for either of these. By replicating the findings of the classic oddball task under such a novel environment this study extends our knowledge of brain function in highly ecologically valid scenarios.
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For decades, the study of cognitive electrophysiology using electroencephalography (EEG) has taken place inside highly controlled research facilities as EEG signals are easily contaminated by a myriad of environmental factors (Luck, 2014).EEG research has informed our understanding of human attention, yet this knowledge generally comes from paradigms that isolate participants in faraday cages to avoid electromagnetic fields and other sources of noise that can compromise data quality (Puce & Hämäläinen, 2017). Over recent years, developments in minicomputers such as the Raspberry Pi (https:// www.raspb errypi.org/) and mobile phones have allowed such studies to move outside the lab and into the real world, resulting in a growth of mobile EEG studies within ecologically
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