Texting while walking makes you go wonky, researchers say

Texting while walking makes you go wonky, researchers say Texting while walking makes you go wonky, researchers say | Crave - CNET Look out, texting walker. (Credit:Ed Yourdon) Just as I don't text and drive, I also don't text and walk. I stand still to do... More

Texting while walking makes you go wonky, researchers say
Texting while walking makes you go wonky, researchers say | Crave - CNET
Look out, texting walker.
(Credit:Ed Yourdon)
Just as I don't text and drive, I also don't text and walk. I stand still to do my digital business. Sure,
like everybody else, I was curious if I could successfully walk and text at the same time. But one
jarring landing down a driveway drop-off was enough to make me give it up for good. Now, I have
some scientific backing for my decision.
A team of researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia conducted a study titled
"Texting and Walking: Strategies for Postural Control and Implications for Safety." The work focused
on the gait performance of 26 healthy individuals when walking normally, reading on a phone, and
then texting.
Not too surprisingly, the study found people walk funny when they text, much more so than when
just walking or even when walking and reading. They slowed down and deviated fr Less