Perceiving and acting on complex affordances: How children and adults bicycle across two lanes of opposing traffic

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-36

  Grechkin, Timofey Y ^a   Chihak, Benjamin J ^b   Cremer, James F ^a   Kearney, Joseph K ^a   Plumert, Jodie M ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordances; Perceptual motor development; Road crossing; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879711840     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029716     Document Type: Article

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