Prefrontal Cortex Brain Activation During Texting and Walking: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Feasibility Study

Tal Krasovsky; Rawda Madi; Eyal Fruchter; Elias Jahjah; Roee Holtzer

doi:https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2022-0009

Prefrontal Cortex Brain Activation During Texting and Walking: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Feasibility Study

Tal Krasovsky, Rawda Madi, Eyal Fruchter, Elias Jahjah, Roee Holtzer

University of Haifa, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Texting while walking is an increasingly common, potentially dangerous task but its functional brain correlates have yet to be reported. Therefore, we evaluated prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation patterns during single- and dual-task texting and walking in healthy adults. Thirteen participants (29–49 years) walked under single- and dual-task conditions involving mobile phone texting or a serial-7s subtraction task, while measuring PFC activation (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) and behavioral task performance (inertial sensors, mobile application). Head lowering during texting increased PFC activation. Texting further increased PFC activation, and decreased gait performance similarly to serial-7 subtraction. Our results support the key role of executive control in texting while walking.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	487-496
Number of pages	10
Journal	Motor Control
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2022-0009
State	Published - 1 Jul 2022

Keywords

age
cognition
dual-task
fNIRS
gait
mobile phone

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Clinical Neurology
Physiology (medical)
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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