Multitasking While Walking: How Green Noise and Texting Alter Gait

Kirstin Merrill, Kyle Navarro, Raymond Ngu, Nathan Nguyen, Alex Owyang, Anthony Prajin, Karli Slater, Uyen Truong, Ryan Ye, Eileen Zhu, Sebastian Herrera Vargas, Raj Kumar Chauhan, Sivakumar Rajagopal, Seong Hyun Moon, Michael Shiraishi, Rahul Soangra

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting

Published online on July 27, 2025

Abstract

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 1533-1537, September 2025.
This study examines the combined effects of green noise and texting on gait to understand how multitasking and auditory stimuli affect walking stability. Green noise, associated with relaxation, was the environmental stimulus; texting the cognitive ...