Does neck flexion improve performance? Effects on reaction time depend on whether responses are expected

Abstract

Article highlights We investigated the influence of neck flexion on two time-sensitive tasks with differing prepotency. A flexed neck led to faster RT on a high prepotency task but not on a task with low prepotency. This study replicates previously seen effects of neck flexion on high prepotency RT with higher ecological validity.

Keywords

• Inhibition (psychology)
• Reaction time
• Forward head posture
• Ergonomics
• Cognitive psychology
• Embodied cognition