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Smartphones are changing how humans walk: Study
Smartphones are altering our gaits and the speed at which we walk, say scientists who found that people move at slow, cautious pace while texting. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK found that when using a phone, irrespective of how it is being used, people look less frequently and for less time at the obstacle on the ground.
London : Smartphones are altering our gaits and the speed at which we walk, say scientists who found that people move at slow, cautious pace while texting. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK found that when using a phone, irrespective of how it is being used, people look less frequently and for less time at the obstacle on the ground.
The relative amount of time spent looking at the obstacle reduced by up to 61 per cent, researchers said. The team noted that phone users adopted a cautious and exaggerated stepping strategy, which involved lifting their lead foot higher and slower over the obstacle to reduce the risk of tripping.
Researchers found that writing a text results in the greatest adoptions in visual search behaviour and walking style, or gait, compared to reading texts or talking on a phone. When writing a text the lead foot is 18 per cent higher whilst clearing the obstacle compared to not using a phone, and is 40 per cent slower.
