Walking to the beat of their own drum: how children and adults meet timing constraints.
Walking requires adapting to meet task constraints. Between 5- and 7-years old, children's walking approximates adult walking without constraints. To examine how children and adults adapt to meet timing constraints, 57 5- to 7-year olds and 20 adults walked to slow and fast audio metronome pace...
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| description | Walking requires adapting to meet task constraints. Between 5- and 7-years old, children's walking approximates adult walking without constraints. To examine how children and adults adapt to meet timing constraints, 57 5- to 7-year olds and 20 adults walked to slow and fast audio metronome paces. Both children and adults modified their walking. However, at the slow pace, children had more trouble matching the metronome compared to adults. The youngest children's walking patterns deviated most from the slow metronome pace, and practice improved their performance. Five-year olds were the only group that did not display carryover effects to the metronome paces. Findings are discussed in relation to what contributes to the development of adaptation in children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f84297230a847218967676db88a43762022-12-21T17:33:18ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01105e012789410.1371/journal.pone.0127894Walking to the beat of their own drum: how children and adults meet timing constraints.Simone V GillWalking requires adapting to meet task constraints. Between 5- and 7-years old, children's walking approximates adult walking without constraints. To examine how children and adults adapt to meet timing constraints, 57 5- to 7-year olds and 20 adults walked to slow and fast audio metronome paces. Both children and adults modified their walking. However, at the slow pace, children had more trouble matching the metronome compared to adults. The youngest children's walking patterns deviated most from the slow metronome pace, and practice improved their performance. Five-year olds were the only group that did not display carryover effects to the metronome paces. Findings are discussed in relation to what contributes to the development of adaptation in children.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4444305?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Simone V Gill Walking to the beat of their own drum: how children and adults meet timing constraints. PLoS ONE |
| title | Walking to the beat of their own drum: how children and adults meet timing constraints. |
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| title_short | Walking to the beat of their own drum: how children and adults meet timing constraints. |
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