ore with multitasking face higher risks of negative health consequences, including falls and dementia.revealed that the capacity to dual-task while walking begins to deteriorate at 55 years old, a full decade earlier than the traditionally-defined “old age” threshold of 65. Moreover, this decline in the ability to walk and talk simultaneously was found to be attributed not to physical changes, but rather to cognitive shifts and alterations in brain function.
“We assessed a large number of individuals between the ages of 40 and 64 years who are part of a study called the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative . We observed that the ability to walk under normal, quiet conditions remained relatively stable across this age range.
The paper stemmed from a unique collaboration between researchers at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston and the Guttmann Institut in Barcelona, Spain, where the population-based Barcelona Brain Health Initiative is being conducted. The Principal Investigator of the BBHI is Prof. David Batres-Faz from the University of Barcelona, and Dr.