How Do Children Perceive and Act on Dynamic Affordances in Crossing Traffic‐Filled Roads?

Jodie M Plumert; Joseph K Kearney

doi:10.1111/cdep.12089

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How Do Children Perceive and Act on Dynamic Affordances in Crossing Traffic‐Filled Roads?

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How Do Children Perceive and Act on Dynamic Affordances in Crossing Traffic‐Filled Roads?

Jodie M Plumert and Joseph K Kearney

Child development perspectives, Vol.8(4), pp.207-212

12/2014

DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12089

PMCID: PMC4267691

PMID: 25530798

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Abstract

Successfully perceiving and acting on dynamic affordances is critical for children and adults to function. In our work, we look at how children cross roads as a model for understanding how they learn to perceive and act on dynamic affordances. Ten‐ to 14‐year‐old children and adults ride an interactive bicycling simulator through an immersive virtual environment where they cross intersections with continuous cross traffic. We consistently find developmental and individual differences in children's ability to tightly time their entry into the roadway relative to the lead car in the gap. Given that children do not adjust their gap choices to match their less precise timing abilities, children take more risks when crossing roads than adults. We conclude by discussing possible reasons for these developmental differences in movement timing.

bicycling

dynamic affordances

perception‐action development

road crossing

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Title: Subtitle: How Do Children Perceive and Act on Dynamic Affordances in Crossing Traffic‐Filled Roads?
Creators: Jodie M Plumert - The University of Iowa
Joseph K Kearney - The University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Child development perspectives, Vol.8(4), pp.207-212
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12089
PMID: 25530798
PMCID: PMC4267691
NLM abbreviation: Child Dev Perspect
ISSN: 1750-8592
eISSN: 1750-8606
Number of pages: 6
Grant note: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R49/CCR721682; R49/CE001167) National Science Foundation (IIS 00‐02535; EIA‐0130864; CNS‐0750677) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01‐HD052875)
Language: English
Date published: 12/2014
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center; Computer Science
Record Identifier: 9984213393402771

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