Trial reportProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017
The critical phase for visual control of human walking over complex terrain.
Trial report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.
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68 citing papers in PubMed.
- Intramuscular coherence enables robust assessment of modulated supra-spinal input in human gait: an inter-dependence study of visual task and walking speed.Experimental brain research · 2023Trial
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- How visual context influences lateral stepping regulation while walking on winding paths.Journal of neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Perception of audio-visual synchrony is modulated by walking speed and step-cycle phase.Perception · 2026Article
- Estimating and interpreting how humans prioritize multiple movement goals during walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Faster fowl fall frequently: speed and force regulation during turning maneuvers by guinea fowl on high and low friction terrains.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Altered walking gaze behavior after stroke: more than meets the eye.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Near-gaze fixation promotes use of spin turns during walking: age-independent visuomotor effects with maladaptive behavioral consequences in older adults.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Visual control of steering through multiple waypoints.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Adapting lateral stepping control to walk on winding paths.Journal of biomechanics · 2025Article
- Increased Metabolic Demand During Nighttime Walking in Hilly Forest Terrain While Wearing Night Vision Goggles.Military medicine · 2025Article
- The speed and phase of locomotion dictate saccade probability and simultaneous low-frequency power spectra.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2025Article
- On utilizing gaze behavior to predict movement transitions during natural human walking on different terrains.PloS one · 2025Article
- The interplay between motor cost and self-efficacy related to walking across terrain in gaze and walking decisions.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Probability of lateral instability while walking on winding paths.Journal of biomechanics · 2024Article
- Walking modulates visual detection performance according to stride cycle phase.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Consequences of changing planned foot placement on balance control and forward progress.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
- Continuous peripersonal tracking accuracy is limited by the speed and phase of locomotion.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
To walk efficiently over complex terrain, humans must use vision to tailor their gait to the upcoming ground surface without interfering with the exploitation of passive mechanical forces. We propose that walkers use visual information to initialize the mechanical state of the body before the beginning of each step so the resulting ballistic trajectory of the walker's center-of-mass will facilitate stepping on target footholds. Using a precision stepping task and synchronizing target visibility to the gait cycle, we empirically validated two predictions derived from this strategy: (1) Walkers must have information about upcoming footholds during the second half of the preceding step, and (2) foot placement is guided by information about the position of the target foothold relative to the preceding base of support. We conclude that active and passive modes of control work synergistically to allow walkers to negotiate complex terrain with efficiency, stability, and precision.
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