Changes in perception-action tuning over long time scales: How children and adults perceive and act on dynamic affordances when crossing roads

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 18-26

  O'Neal, Elizabeth E ^a   Jiang, Yuanyuan ^a   Franzen, Lucas J ^a   Rahimian, Pooya ^a   Yon, Junghum Paul ^a   Kearney, Joseph K ^a   Plumert, Jodie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic affordances; Pedestrian safety; Perception action tuning; Perceptual motor development; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017647583     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000378     Document Type: Article

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