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Silvia Guidi; Anna Kosovicheva; Benjamin Wolfe – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Drivers must respond promptly to a wide range of possible road hazards, from trucks veering into their lane to pedestrians stepping onto the road. While drivers' vision is tested at the point of licensure, visual function can degrade, and drivers may not notice how these changes impact their ability to notice and respond to events in the world in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles
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Plumert, Jodie M.; Kearney, Joseph K.; Cremer, James F. – Child Development, 2004
This study examined gap choices and crossing behavior in children and adults using an immersive, interactive bicycling simulator. Ten- and 12-year-olds and adults rode a bicycle mounted on a stationary trainer through a virtual environment consisting of a street with 6 intersections. Participants faced continuous cross traffic traveling at 25mph…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Age Differences, Preadolescents, Traffic Safety
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Pfeffer, K.; Barnecutt, P. – Child Care, Health and Development, 1996
Examined children's auditory perception of traffic sounds, focusing on identification of vehicle movement. Subjects were 60 children of 5, 8, and 11 years. Results indicated that the auditory perception of movement was a problem area for children, especially five-year olds. Discussed the role of attention-demanding characteristics of some traffic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Perception, Children, Information Processing