The influence of postural threat-induced anxiety on locomotor learning and updating: a mini-review.

Anxiety, as a multifaced construct encompassing physiological, cognitive, and behavioral responses to perceived stress, is associated with locomotion. This mini-review focuses on a study employing the "broken-escalator phenomenon" to explore how postural threat-induced anxiety affects locomotor adaptation (learning) and deadaptation (updating). The study sheds light on the significance of perceived safety and appropriate structure of environment for effective learning.