Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10464808 | Neuropsychologia | 2013 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Dual-task interference effects show that the production of periodically timed ankle movements, taken as modelling elements of the normal gait cycle, draws on higher-level cognitive resources involved in working memory. The interference effect predominantly concerns the timing accuracy of the ankle movements. Reduced activations within regions of the left IFG, and in some respect also within the superior parietal lobule, were identified as one factor affecting the timing of periodic ankle movements resulting in involuntary 'hastening' during severe dual-task working memory load. This 'hastening' phenomenon may be an expression of re-automated locomotor control when higher-order cognitive processing capacity can no longer be allocated to the movements due to the demands of the cognitive task. The results of our study also propose the left IFG as a target region to improve performance during dual-task walking by techniques for non-invasive brain stimulation.
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Authors
Leif Johannsen, Karen Z.H. Li, Magdalena Chechlacz, Attia Bibi, Zoe Kourtzi, Alan M. Wing,