Name: Finding Your Feet
Start: 2026-05-19T19:30:00
End: 2026-05-19T21:30:00
Location: Cosy Dove

Joe Ventress explores the ways that we navigate our environments and what our choices say about us. Dr Lizeth Slooth will then be taking us through what happens when our navigations fail us and we fall down, and how may be we should fall more, for our own good.

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You shall not pass! The Psychology of Pedestrian Spatial Coordination

Joe Ventress (PhD researcher at Northumbria University)

Everyday we move through densely packed urban environments and make split second decisions in response to other people. Do we step aside, speed up, or hold our ground? Here, I will discuss what might influence these decisions, and why people may yield to others, or not, when navigating through the environment.

The Balancing Act: how our feet keep us from falling

Dr Lizeth Sloot (Research Fellow at Newcastle University)

A fall can be devastating—but what keeps us steady every day? In this talk, we’ll explore the latest insights from Movement Sciences behind staying upright, from brain signals to muscle power, and spotlight the unexpected star: your feet. Do we need to practise falling to avoid falls? Watch how we tip people off balance in our Motion Capture Lab to uncover what keeps us steady. Join us for a lively discussion on the future of fall prevention and why your feet deserve more credit.

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