Thinking while walking: Experienced high-heel walkers flexibly adjust their gait

Theories of motor skill acquisition postulate that attentional demands of motor execution decrease with practice. Hence, motor experts should experience less attentional resource conflict when performing a motor task in their domain of expertise concurrently with a demanding cognitive task. We asses...

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Main Authors: Sabine eSchaefer, Ulman eLindenberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00316/full