Rate My Professor Will Young

Young's influential work addresses how state anxiety and fear of falling exacerbate fall risk through altered gaze behavior and stepping patterns, employing innovative tools like eye-tracking, virtual reality, and auditory cueing. He leads projects such as Virtual Immersive Training And Learning (VITAL) and collaborations on freezing of gait interventions using low-cost community technologies. His publications have garnered over 3,300 citations on Google Scholar. Key works include 'How fear of falling can increase fall-risk in older adults: applying psychological theory to practical observations' (Gait & Posture, 2015; 549 citations), 'Assessing and training standing balance in older adults: a novel approach using the ‘Nintendo Wii’ Balance Board' (Gait & Posture, 2011; 438 citations), 'Auditory cueing in Parkinson's patients with freezing of gait. What matters most: action-relevance or cue-continuity?' (Neuropsychologia, 2016; 109 citations), 'Synthesis of walking sounds for alleviating gait disturbances in Parkinson's disease' (IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2013; 108 citations), and 'Influences of state anxiety on gaze behavior and stepping accuracy in older adults during adaptive locomotion' (Journals of Gerontology Series B, 2012; 100 citations). Young contributes to teaching, supervision, and interdisciplinary partnerships with clinical groups, sports organizations, and industry, enhancing rehabilitation strategies across the lifespan.