Linking Decisions and Actions in Dynamic Environments: How Child and Adult Cyclists Cross Roads With Traffic

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 125-133

  Plumert, Jodie M ^a   Kearney, Joseph K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84899805976     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407413.2014.874933     Document Type: Article

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