Changes in children's perception-action tuning over short time scales: Bicycling across traffic-filled intersections in a virtual environment

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-337

  Plumert, Jodie M ^a   Kearney, Joseph K ^a   Cremer, James F ^a   Recker, Kara M ^a   Strutt, Jonathan ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Perception action coupling; Perceptual motor development; Practice; Risk taking; Road crossing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649926109     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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