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Dynamics of Postural Indices in Case of Listening to Sounds of Steps Approaching from the Front and from Behind

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In the study a hypothesis was tested on substantial difference between postural reactions to conspecific auditory motion information and previously shown postural reactions to continuous sound images moving in the same direction. For 14 subjects with their eyes closed positions of the center of pressure (CoP) were registreted in case of passive listening to human steps sounds played back in free field via loudspeakers placed in front of and behind the subject. Then postural indices were calculated in 8-s periods for 40 s before, 24 s during and 32 s after listening to steps sounds. When waiting for the sounds of approaching steps up to 10% decrease in the CoP velocity and CoP positions range in the sagittal plane were shown in fifth period compared to first period of recording. Moreover, postural stability indices improved, which was more prominent for steps presented behind the subject than in front. Postural reactions on steps approaching from behind and in front of the subject were the same with regard to 8–10% increase of indices, characterizing CoP position in the sagittal plane (CoP trajectory length, velocity and spread) compared to the last period of waiting. Statistically significant difference in postural responses to steps approaching from behind and from the front was found only for CoP shift: directions of the shift were opposite—when the steps were approaching from the front, subjects leaned back, while during listening to steps sounds approaching from behind they leaned forward. When the stimulation was finished, CoP position returned to its initial value before the stimulation. Postural responses to approaching steps sounds were not substantially different from the corresponding responses to the continuous approaching sound image by both direction and magnitude of changes of postural indices characterizing CoP position.

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The authors of the work are grateful to the Laboratory of physiology of motion, Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the opportunity to perform work with the usage of stabilometric platform “Stabilan 01”.

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This work was supported by State budget (topic No. АААА-А18-118013090245-6).

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    O. P. Timofeeva, I. G. Andreeva & A. P. Gvozdeva

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The idea of the work and planning of the experiments (Andreeva I.G., Timofeeva O.P., Gvozdeva A.P.), data collection (Timofeeva O.P.), data processing (Timofeeva O.P.), writing and editing the manuscript (Andreeva I.G., Timofeeva O.P., Gvozdeva A.P.).

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Russian Text © The Author(s), 2021, published in Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova, 2021, Vol. 107, No. 12, pp. 1597–1610https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869813921120098.

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Timofeeva, O.P., Andreeva, I.G. & Gvozdeva, A.P. Dynamics of Postural Indices in Case of Listening to Sounds of Steps Approaching from the Front and from Behind. J Evol Biochem Phys 57, 1522–1532 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093021060284

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