Changes in Children’s Perception-Action Tuning over Short Time Scales: Bicycling Across Traffic-Filled Intersections in a Virtual Environment

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• Personal Author:
  Cremer JF ; Kearney JK ; Plumert JM ; Recker KM ; Strutt J
• Description:
  This investigation examined short-term changes in child and adult cyclists' gap decisions and movement timing in response to general and specific road-crossing experiences. Children (10- and 12-year-olds) and adults rode a bicycle through a virtual environment with 12 intersections. Participants faced continuous cross traffic and waited for gaps they judged were adequate for crossing. In the control condition, participants encountered randomly ordered gaps ranging from 1.5 to 5.0s at all intersections. In the high-density condition, participants encountered high-density intersections sandwiched between sets of control intersections. These high-density intersections were designed to push participants toward taking tighter gaps. Participants in both conditions were more likely to accept 3.5-, 4.0-, 4.5-, and 5.0-s gaps at the last set of intersections than at the first set of intersections, whereas participants in the high-density condition were also more likely to accept very tight 3.0-s gaps at the last intersections than at the first intersections. Moreover, individuals in the high-density condition who waited less and took shorter gaps at the middle intersections were also more likely to take very tight 3.0-s gaps at the last intersections. The 10-year-olds in both conditions had more time to spare when they cleared the path of the oncoming car at the last intersections, whereas the 12-year-olds and adults showed no change in time to spare across intersections. The discussion focuses on linking short-term change in perceptual-motor functioning to longer term perceptual-motor development. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Age Factors Automobiles Behavior Decision Making Men Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Transportation Women

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• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Age Factors Author Keywords: Perceptual-motor Development Bicycles Bicycling Children Decision Making Humans Motor Vehicles Perception-action Coupling Practice Psychological Factors Psychological Responses Risk Factors Risk Taking Road Crossing Simulation Methods Virtual Reality

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• ISSN:
  0022-0965
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  322-337
• Volume:
  108
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062442
• Citation:
  J Exp Child Psychol 2011 Feb; 108(2):322-337
• Contact Point Address:
  Jodie M. Plumert, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, 11 SSH East, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
• Email:
  jodie-plumert@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:183f2a38a49e32af9726be5075cbec3d33bb1d4671bc51f223a0b5a1189f45bbf2a5809597566dbd2e5923b4c09d56d5cfdd51c1a1cbabf9be97dbc7d0422087
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225691/cdc_225691_DS1.pdf
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