Although connections between cognitive deficits and age-associated brain differences have
been elucidated, relationships with motor performance are less well understood. Here, we …

Research on the relationship between attention and the control of posture and gait is a new
and expanding area with studies on young adults revealing the role of cognitive factors in …

Environmental Psychology for Design, Third Edition, shows how rooms and buildings can
affect an occupant's behavior and health by explaining psychosocial responses. Recipient of …

Until recently, gait was generally viewed as a largely automated motor task, requiring
minimal higher‐level cognitive input. Increasing evidence, however, links alterations in …

Good balance is an imperative skill for daily life that requires the complex integration of
sensory information regarding the position of the body relative to the surroundings and the …

The objectives of the present study were to test the hypothesis that the dual‐tasking effect on
gait variability is larger in healthy older adults than it is in healthy young adults; that this …

BACKGROUND: This study used a dual task design to examine the effect ofsensory context
on postural stability during the concurrent performance ofan attentionally demanding …

Background Falls in older people have been characterized extensively in the literature,
however little has been reported regarding falls in middle-aged and younger adults. The …

Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details concerning the relevance of all
aspects of attention to the world beyond the laboratory. Topic application areas include the …

The dual task of memorizing word lists while walking was predicted to become more difficult
with age because balance and gait are in greater need of" attentional resources." Forty …