| Literature DB >> 20932993 |
John M Franchak1, Karen E Adolph.
Abstract
The current study showed that visual fixation of obstacles is not required for rapid and adaptive navigation of obstacles. Children and adults wore a wireless, head-mounted eye-tracker during a visual search task in a room cluttered with obstacles. They spontaneously walked, jumped, and ran through the room, stepping up, down, and over obstacles. Both children and adults navigated adaptively without fixating obstacles, however, adults fixated less often than children. We discuss several possibilities for why obstacle navigation may shift from foveal to peripheral control over development.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20932993 PMCID: PMC3013502 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vision Res ISSN: 0042-6989 Impact factor: 1.886