Texting and walking: Effect of environmental setting and task prioritization on dual-task interference in healthy young adults

Highlights • Dual-task effects on gait and texting are not influenced by environmental setting. • Flexible prioritization of attention is not impacted by environmental setting. • Young adults prioritize texting over walking when there are few distractions. • Results support concerns about pedestrian...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Gait & posture 2015-01, Vol.41 (1), p.46-51
Hauptverfasser:	Plummer, Prudence, Apple, Sarah, Dowd, Colleen, Keith, Eliza
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Attention Cognitive-motor interference Environment Female Gait Humans Male Orthopedics Prioritization Task Performance and Analysis Text Messaging Texting Walking - physiology Walking - psychology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Dual-task effects on gait and texting are not influenced by environmental setting. • Flexible prioritization of attention is not impacted by environmental setting. • Young adults prioritize texting over walking when there are few distractions. • Results support concerns about pedestrian safety during texting while walking.
ISSN:	0966-6362 1879-2219
DOI:	10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.08.007