Reading the road: The influence of age and sex on child pedestrians' perceptions of road risk

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-110

  Underwood, Jean ^a   Dillon, Gayle ^a   Farnsworth, Bill ^a   Twiner, Alison ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR VEHICLES; ORIENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 33846998971     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712606X104409     Document Type: Article

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