The mission of Elder Trekker is to encourage seniors to remain both physically and mentally active as they age. In this video, Elder Trekker visits Whitetail Woods Regional Park to walk the trail around Empire Lake. I also discuss why, after reading “In praise of walking” by Shane O’Mara, I think of walking as my superpower.
Park address:
Whitetail Woods Regional Park
17100 Station Trail, Farmington, Minnesota
Elder Trekker is a non-commercial YouTube channel. It is not sponsored and does not contain any affiliate links. If you are interested in reading “In praise of walking” by Shane O’Mara, check your local bookseller or library, or your favorite online bookseller.
Photo Credits and Licenses:
Thumbnail: Image by Mickey Estes from Pixabay.
Businessman with superhero shadow: Image from vectorstock.com
Park maps created using Footpath Route Planner for iOS (Half Mile Labs LLC)
Photo of “In praise of walking” book cover by Douglas Langfield
Arms Fly Balancing: Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay.
Vestibular Apparatus from vectorstock.com
Anatomy_of_the_Human_Ear.svg: Chittka L, Brockmann derivative work: M•Komorniczak -talk-, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Vestibular Sensory System by NinaMunha from depositphotos.com
muscular-muscles-circles-dots Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay
Proprioception by NinaMunha from depositphotos.com
Walking Man Silhouette: Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay.
Head Silhouette with Gears in Brain: Composite of Head (depositphotos.com) and gears (vectorstock.com)
Central Pattern Generator: Adapted from Tucker, Michael & Olivier, Jeremy & Pagel, Anna & Bleuler, Hannes & Bouri, Mohamed & Lambercy, Olivier & Millan, Jose del R. & Riener, Robert & Vallery, Heike & Gassert, Roger. (2015). Control Strategies for Active Lower Extremity Prosthetics and Orthotics: A Review. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 12. 1. 10.1186/1743-0003-12-1.(CC BY 2.0)
Gait Cycle Figures: Adapted from Functional divisions of the gait cycle according to Perry and Burnfield (2010). In Stöckel, Tino & Jacksteit, Robert & Behrens, Martin & Skripitz, Ralf & Bader, Rainer & Mau-Moeller, Anett. (2015). The mental representation of the human gait in young and older adults. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 943. 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00943.
Leg Muscles During Walking: Video by Anuj Kumar (CC BY 2.0)
Edward Chace Tolman: Photography by Dorothy Moore. University Archives, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley.
Tolman’s Maze: From M. H Elliott, The effect of change of reward on the maze performance of rats. Univ. Calif. Publ. Psychol., 1928, 4, p. 20.
Head Silhouette with Cognitive Map: Composite of Head (depositphotos.com) and regional map.
John O’Keefe: Photo by Per Henning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (CC BY 2.0) from flickr.com
Rat Place Cell Activity: Grieves, Roddy; Duvelle, Eleonore; Jeffery, Kate (2019): Place cell (rat hippocampus CA1) activity recorded over 50 minutes of foraging. figshare. Media. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8063324.v2 (CC BY 4.0)
Place Cell Spiking Activity Example: Stuartlayton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser: Photo by Geir Mogen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (CC BY-NC 2.0) from flickr.com
Place Cell Firing Pattern: Grieves, Roddy; Duvelle, Eleonore; Jeffery, Kate (2019): Place cell (rat hippocampus CA1) activity recorded over 50 minutes of foraging. figshare. Media. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8063324.v2 (CC BY 4.0)
Grid Cell Firing Pattern: Khardcastle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grid Cell Module Illustrations: Created by Douglas Langfield
John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard Moser: Photo by Gunnar K. Hansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Comm. Div. (CC BY-SA 2.0) from flickr.com
Compass: Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
Stone wall: Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
Speedometer: Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay