Dual-task interference between speaking and listening and a unipedal force production task.
Twenty-four male right-handed adults performed a force production task with their right and left feet alone, and while sound-shadowing or listening to high frequency words. Overall, subjects performed better with their left foot than their right foot. Further, sound-shadowing, but not listening disrupted right foot performance. The concurrent language tasks had no effect on left foot performance.
D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology