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A major part of this adaptation is reflected by adjusting walking speed. When transitioning to uphill walking, people exert more energy to counteract gravitational forces pulling them backward, while when transitioning to downhill walking people break to avoid uncontrolled acceleration. These behaviors are affected by body-based (<jats:italic>proprioception<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>vestibular<\/jats:italic>) cues as well as by <jats:italic>visual<\/jats:italic> cues. Since older age adversely affects walking, it is unclear whether older adults rely on vision during locomotion in a similar manner to younger individuals. In this study, we tested whether the influence of visual cues on these walking speed modulations in healthy older adults (60\u201375 years old, N = 15) were comparable to those found in healthy young adults (20\u201340 years old, N = 12). 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