Distracted walking is defined as walking while simultaneously engaged in other activities, such as using a mobile phone, listening to portable media players such as an IPod or MP3 while wearing headphones, eating or drinking, and conversing with other people (Richtel 2015).
Walking while simultaneously performing cognitively demanding tasks such as talking or texting are typical complex behaviors in our daily routines.
Specifically, the research design used in the current study allowed us to reduce the body weight of walking subjects while simultaneously increasing the speed, thus matching the metabolic cost of each workload.
Specifically, the research design incorporated in the current study allowed us to reduce the body weight of walking subjects while simultaneously increasing the speed, thus matching the metabolic rate of each workload.
I saw him sucking face with a modelesque Amazonian-looking woman while simultaneously high-fiving everyone who walked by.
Recent evidence suggests that these impairments are compounded when motor and cognitive task are performed simultaneously such as walking while talking.
He was allowed to serve his two sentences simultaneously, and walked free after just seven.
Twelve healthy elderly adults and 12 elderly adults with balance impairments (BIOA) were asked to perform obstacle avoidance while walking, either alone or simultaneously with an auditory Stroop task.
Ms. Jong-Fast walks with a confident stride while simultaneously ducking her head, almost in apology, which turns the overall effect into something of a reluctant lope.
We can mindlessly reach for a light switch while walking into a room and simultaneously carry out a conversation on a mobile phone, or we can guide the same movement with full attention to this action, while doing nothing else.
