Visually guided navigation: Head-mounted eye-tracking of natural locomotion in children and adults

John M. Franchak; Karen E. Adolph

doi:10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.024

Visually guided navigation: Head-mounted eye-tracking of natural locomotion in children and adults

John M. Franchak, Karen E. Adolph

Psychology

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2766-2774
Number of pages	9
Journal	Vision research
Volume	50
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.024
State	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Children
Eye-tracking
Locomotion
Obstacle navigation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ophthalmology
Sensory Systems

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