The impact of mobile phone use on where we look and how we walk when negotiating floor based obstacles

Timmis, Matthew A.; Bijl, Herre; Turner, Kieran; Basevitch, Itay; Taylor, Matthew J.; Paridon, Kjell N. van

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179802

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“…Furthermore, a recent study showed that the change in walking, during texting, may be attributed to the altered visual search behaviour [8]: the subjects may not be able to acquire sufficient visual information using the central visual field to plan direction of the walk with an increase of the risk of falling.…”

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“…Walking while using a mobile phone thus represents a dual-task and requires an appropriate division of attention [7]. It has been shown that the concurrent use of smartphone while performing other activities introduces cognitive distraction and drastically decreases field of vision and attention to the environment [8]. During walking it also reduces arm swing and alters head orientation, which may increase risk of falls [9].…”

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Gait parameters are differently affected by concurrent smartphone-based activities with scaled levels of cognitive effort

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The widespread and pervasive use of smartphones for sending messages, calling, and entertainment purposes, mainly among young adults, is often accompanied by the concurrent execution of other tasks. Recent studies have analyzed how texting, reading or calling while walking–in some specific conditions–might significantly influence gait parameters. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of different smartphone activities on walking, evaluating the variations of several gait parameters. 10 young healthy students (all smartphone proficient users) were instructed to text chat (with two different levels of cognitive load), call, surf on a social network or play with a math game while walking in a real-life outdoor setting. Each of these activities is characterized by a different cognitive load. Using an inertial measurement unit on the lower trunk, spatio-temporal gait parameters, together with regularity, symmetry and smoothness parameters, were extracted and grouped for comparison among normal walking and different dual task demands. An overall significant effect of task type on the aforementioned parameters group was observed. The alterations in gait parameters vary as a function of cognitive effort. In particular, stride frequency, step length and gait speed show a decrement, while step time increases as a function of cognitive effort. Smoothness, regularity and symmetry parameters are significantly altered for specific dual task conditions, mainly along the mediolateral direction. These results may lead to a better understanding of the possible risks related to walking and concurrent smartphone use.

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“…The experiment started at 9:30 AM and continued till 11:30 AM. Participants were informed to keep walking as they normally would (similar to [16]). In order to observe pedestrian walking behavior at different flow states and different vending stall dimensions, 16 walking scenarios (matrix of 4 vendor types * 4 bidirectional flow rates) were conducted ( Table 1).…”

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“…Pedestrian evasive action is a change in walking speed or lateral adjustment of walking path to maintain their personal space [13], [14]. However pedestrian evasive action could also be a result difference in pedestrian desired walking speed which for example lead to a move in lateral directions to overtake slow pedestrians [15][16][17][18].…”

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https://iasks.org/articles/jttm-v01-i2-pp-27-34.pdf

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2019

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Street vendors use sidewalks to display goods and services. The reduction of sidewalk space by sidewalk vending activity forces pedestrians to take evasive action by changing walking speed and/or direction. Based on previous qualitative studies pedestrian evasive movements are related to pedestrian level of service and sharing carriageways. The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of typical sidewalk vendor on average pedestrian walking speed and lateral position. The study used a field observation followed by a controlled walking experiment to study pedestrian behavior in the presence of typical sidewalk vendor. A univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) of pedestrian trajectories, extracted from a walking experiment, showed that the average pedestrian lateral position and walking speed were significantly affected by the presence of a sidewalk vendor, pedestrian flow rate and the interaction effect of the two (p<0.05). The effect size also varied with the width of a vending stall and vendor's location relative to the pedestrian's desired trajectory. The results are consistent with previous observations and findings about pedestrian sidewalk behavior in the presence of sidewalk vendor. The findings may contribute in designing and or monitoring sidewalk vending activities.

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“…This ideal is generated from the observational study of building structure. Nowadays people always look on phone while walking and this trend affected how people look, research study proved this group of people were more caution toward things below their eye level (Timmis, et al,2017). Moreover, it is also hard to found message display on the lower corner of the building.…”

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Optimize The Placement Of Print Advertisement And Signage By Anamorphic Illusion

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Fauzi

2018

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Creative Media, Design and Technology (REKA 2018)

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Print advertisement is a mean to communicate about products, services or ideas which is intended to inform or influence people who received the message that is usually persuasive by nature and paid by the related sponsors. Strategic placement of advertisement and signage is one of the crucial key of effective communication. Brand recognition can be built through a well designed advertising which is strategically placed. A well develop media placement plan can save marketer from unnecessary and wasteful spending. Placement of advertisement and signage is often constrained by the space and structure of place or location. Visual placement is referring to the place in which a message is portrayed and displayed. The limitation includes the structure of building, the size and space of the placement and the viewing perspective of viewers. This research aimed to study anamorphic illusion as a new creative visual language to deliver message in advertisement to the audience. It also explored the relationship between the laws of perspective and the message portraying tactics and styles. With the analysis of the above study, it will develop a new artistic technique to optimize the visibility of message by overcoming the limitation of visual placement. Through the method of studio practice this study mainly focuses on using law of perspective in creating anamorphic art as the solution to overcome the constraint space and structure in portraying the message in advertisement to the audience. The research was carried out with exploration, interpretation and manipulation through mock-up model. Mock-up of the structure and space will be built in order to secure the idea and concept of perspective study and visual perception of audience which can help in the application of the real artwork. Limitation of structure and space of the location for the placement of print advertisements and signage were recorded in sketches and photographs as the collection of data. This research can give an in-depth study on implication of Anamorphic illusion in optimising the placement of print advertisement and signage. This study also provides a suggestion on new creative opportunity and evaluation in placing the message toward audience.

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The impact of mobile phone use on where we look and how we walk when negotiating floor based obstacles

Cited by 45 publications

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Gait parameters are differently affected by concurrent smartphone-based activities with scaled levels of cognitive effort

Gait parameters are differently affected by concurrent smartphone-based activities with scaled levels of cognitive effort

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