Journal article
Synchronizing Self and Object Movement: How Child and Adult Cyclists Intercept Moving Gaps in a Virtual Environment
Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance, Vol.36(6), pp.1535-1552
12/2010
DOI: 10.1037/a0020560
PMCID: PMC3217338
PMID: 21038990
Abstract
Two experiments examined how 10- and 12-year-old children and adults intercept moving gaps while bicycling in an immersive virtual environment. Participants rode an actual bicycle along a virtual roadway. At 12 test intersections, participants attempted to pass through a gap between 2 moving, car-sized blocks without stopping. The blocks were timed such that it was sometimes necessary for participants to adjust their speed in order to pass through the gap. We manipulated available visual information by presenting the target blocks in isolation in Experiment 1 and in streams of blocks in Experiment 2. In both experiments, adults had more time to spare than did children. Both groups had more time to spare when they were required to slow down than when they were required to speed up. Participants’ behavior revealed a multistage interception strategy that cannot be explained by the use of a monotonic control law such as the constant bearing angle strategy. The General Discussion section focuses on possible sources of changes in perception-action coupling over development and on task-specific constraints that could underlie the observed interception strategy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Synchronizing Self and Object Movement: How Child and Adult Cyclists Intercept Moving Gaps in a Virtual Environment
- Creators
- Benjamin J Chihak - Department of Psychology, University of IowaJodie M Plumert - Department of Psychology, University of IowaChristine J Ziemer - Department of Psychology, University of IowaSabarish Babu - Computer Science Department, University of IowaTimofey Grechkin - Computer Science Department, University of IowaJames F Cremer - Computer Science Department, University of IowaJoseph K Kearney - Computer Science Department, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance, Vol.36(6), pp.1535-1552
- DOI
- 10.1037/a0020560
- PMID
- 21038990
- PMCID
- PMC3217338
- NLM abbreviation
- J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform
- ISSN
- 0096-1523
- eISSN
- 1939-1277
- Grant note
- R01 HD052875-05 || HD / National Institute of Child Health & Human Development : NICHD
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2010
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center; Computer Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984214747802771
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