Gazing down increases standing and walking postural steadiness

When walking on an uneven surface or complex terrain, humans tend to gaze downward. This behaviour is usually interpreted as an attempt to acquire useful information to guide locomotion. Visual information, however, is not used exclusively for guiding locomotion; it is also useful for postural contr...

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Published in:	Royal Society Open Science
Main Authors:	Yogev Koren, Rotem Mairon, Ilay Sofer, Yisrael Parmet, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Simona Bar-Haim
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Royal Society 2021-03-01
Subjects:	walking gait posture vision dynamics stability
Online Access:	https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.201556

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