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This study aimed to propose a method designed to identify individual determinants of dual-task (DT) behavior by combining quantitative gait and cognitive measures with qualitative analyses of lived experience.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thirty-three young healthy adults performed Raven's Progressive Matrices Test (RPMT) and treadmill walking in both single-task and DT conditions. Participants were classified into DT profiles according to DTC. Statistical tests were performed to assess whether the DTCs differed from zero and whether they differed between participants who reported having answered some items randomly and those who did not. Explicitation interviews were then conducted and analyzed independently of participants' quantitative DT profiles. Qualitative findings were subsequently integrated with the quantitative profiles at the interpretive stage to characterize individual DT behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Dual tasking significantly reduced RPMT response time (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001) without affecting gait parameters. All four DT profiles were represented, and explicitation interviews revealed distinct experiential strategies within each profile.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Distress and cognitive overload characterized mutual interference, analytical or automatized strategies supported cognitive-priority trade-offs, and relaxed immersion and positive affect facilitated mutual facilitation. Gait-priority participants reported bodily immersion and sensory detachment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our mixed-method approach may offer a transferable methodology for clinical contexts, where understanding patient-specific strategies is crucial for rehabilitation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1868678","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]],"date-time":"2026-09-22T04:21:38Z","timestamp":1790050898000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Between gait and cognition: an exploratory mixed-methods study of cognitive\u2014motor dual-task profiles and lived experience"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Fabien","family":"Buisseret","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire Forme et Fonctionnement Humain (FfH)","place":["CeREF \u2013 Sant\u00e9, Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut, Belgium"]},{"name":"Service de Physique Nucl\u00e9aire et Subnucl\u00e9aire, Research Institute for Complex Systems, Universit\u00e9 de Mons","place":["Mons, Belgium"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric","family":"Dierick","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire Forme et Fonctionnement Humain (FfH)","place":["CeREF \u2013 Sant\u00e9, Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut, Belgium"]},{"name":"RehaLAB, Centre National de R\u00e9\u00e9ducation Fonctionnelle et de R\u00e9adaptation\u2013Rehazenter","place":["Luxembourg City, Luxembourg"]},{"name":"Facult\u00e9 des Sciences de la Motricit\u00e9","place":["UCLouvain, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eva","family":"Houdart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire Forme et Fonctionnement Humain (FfH)","place":["CeREF \u2013 Sant\u00e9, Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut, Belgium"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Florence","family":"Jonckheere","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire Forme et Fonctionnement Humain (FfH)","place":["CeREF \u2013 Sant\u00e9, Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut, Belgium"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samir","family":"Beggache","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Clinical Psychology, University of Mons","place":["Mons, Belgium"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Denis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Clinical Psychology, University of Mons","place":["Mons, Belgium"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"359","DOI":"10.14283\/jpad.2022.16","article-title":"The effects of dual-task training on cognitive and physical functions in older adults with cognitive impairment; a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"9","author":"Ali","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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