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Grechkin, Timofey Y.; Chihak, Benjamin J.; Cremer, James F.; Kearney, Joseph K.; Plumert, Jodie M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2013
This investigation examined how children and adults negotiate a challenging perceptual-motor problem with significant real-world implications--bicycling across two lanes of opposing traffic. Twelve- and 14-year-olds and adults rode a bicycling simulator through an immersive virtual environment. Participants crossed intersections with continuous…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Physical Activities, Perceptual Motor Coordination
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Plumert, Jodie M.; Kearney, Joseph K.; Cremer, James F.; Recker, Kara M.; Strutt, Jonathan – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
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…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Traffic Safety, Reaction Time, Children
Huss, Chuck; Corn, Anne – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 2004
This article presents an overview of driving for adolescents and adults who meet their states' visual requirements for low vision driving using bioptic lenses. It also discusses the outcomes of two studies of bioptic driver education.
Descriptors: Vision, Driver Education, Traffic Safety, Adolescents