How children and adults learn to intercept moving gaps

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-152

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

^a AQUINAS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Interception skills; Perception action tuning; Perceptual motor development; Perceptual motor learning; Road crossing; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CYCLING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894434976     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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