Impaired Visual Motor Coordination in Obese Adults

Figure 1

Experimental set-up. Participants sat in a bariatric chair and were asked to swing the pendulum forward as the square moved left and faded to a red colour (a) and backward as the square moved right on the screen fading to a yellow colour (b) synchronizing the endpoint of the movements with the square’s endpoints. From the resting position of the pendulum, participants swung the pendulum to a 45° angle to the left and a 45° angle to the right. (c) Participants’ pendulum position was recorded using a potentiometer and compared with the computer generated stimulus (cf. Procedure).

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