Article: Findings from Indiana University in brain research reported.(Report)

According to recent research from the United States, "Previous research has shown that adults perceive affordances like the passability of apertures, climbability or crossability of steps and graspability of objects. In this study, the affordance for stepping over or onto barriers was examined in young children."

"This was done by placing three distinct barriers (a foam obstacle, a gap, and a single step up), which were scaled to body size, in the walking paths of 4- and 6-year olds and adults, and observing how they crossed the barriers. Age-related differences in the scaling of these actions corresponded to levels of movement variability, indicating that ...

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