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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
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Bard, Chantal; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1995
Tested children's transfer of training in performance of coincidence-anticipation task. At an experimental apparatus, children attempted to intercept a fixed or moving target by pressing a button or by sliding a disk (the criterion task). Found that improved accuracy in intercepting the moving target by sliding the disk occurred only when children…
Descriptors: Children, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Perceptual Motor Learning
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Getchell, Nancy; Whitall, Jill – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2003
Compared coupling characteristics of clapping simultaneous with walking or galloping, consistency across trials, and phasing variability among 4-, 6-, 8-, and 10-year-olds. Found that for walk/clap tasks, children adopted adult-like coupling patterns by age 8 and with the same consistency by age 10. Across age, children became less variable in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Development