Walking and Talking: Dual-Task Effects on Street Crossing Behavior in Older Adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-268

  Neider, Mark B ^a   Gaspar, John G ^a   McCarley, Jason S ^a   Crowell, James A ^a   Kaczmarski, Henry ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional control; Cell phones; Dual task; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MUSIC; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SIMULATION; SPEECH; STREET CROSSING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959290183     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021566     Document Type: Article

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