Are older adults less embodied? A review of age effects through the lens of embodied cognition

MC Costello, EK Bloesch - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Embodied cognition is a theoretical framework which posits that cognitive function is
intimately intertwined with the body and physical actions. Although the field of psychology is …

Does the passability of apertures change when walking through human versus pole obstacles?

AL Hackney, ME Cinelli, JS Frank - Acta psychologica, 2015 - Elsevier
The current study set out to evaluate how individuals walk through apertures created by
different stationary obstacles. Specifically, we examined whether the passability of apertures …

Ledge and wedge: Younger and older adults' perception of action possibilities

D Comalli, J Franchak, A Char, K Adolph - Experimental brain research, 2013 - Springer
The current study investigated whether younger (college-age) and older adults (60+ years)
differ in their ability to perceive safe and unsafe motor actions. Participants decided whether …

Collision avoidance behaviours of young adult walkers: Influence of a virtual pedestrian's age-related appearance and gait profile

S Bourgaize, M Cinelli, P Raimbaud, L Hoyet… - ACM Symposium on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Populating virtual words with realistic pedestrian behaviours is challenging but essential to
ensure natural interactions with users. In pedestrian encounters, successful collision …

Older adults are guided by their dynamic perceptions during aperture crossing

AL Hackney, ME Cinelli - Gait & posture, 2013 - Elsevier
Perceptions guide actions and these actions will affect perceptions (Gibson [1]). In return,
these new perceptions will affect subsequent actions. The current study aimed to determine …

Young and older adults use body-scaled information during a non-confined aperture crossing task

AL Hackney, ME Cinelli - Experimental brain research, 2013 - Springer
Young and older adults demonstrate differences in action when passing through confined
spaces (Warren and Whang in J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 13: 371–383, 1987; …

Despite active public health campaigns, death from falls increased 30% in the past decade: is ageism part of the barrier to self-awareness?

SC Castle - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2019 - geriatric.theclinics.com
Because falls are the largest public health issues for older adults, significant efforts at
addressing this problem have been led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

How do i fit through that gap? Navigation through apertures in adults with and without developmental coordination disorder

K Wilmut, W Du, AL Barnett - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
During everyday life we move around busy environments and encounter a range of
obstacles, such as a narrow aperture forcing us to rotate our shoulders in order to pass …

[图书][B] Perception and action in a social context

S Azaad, G Knoblich, N Sebanz - 2021 - cambridge.org
Even the simplest social interactions require us to gather, integrate, and act upon, multiple
streams of information about others and our surroundings. In this Element, we discuss how …

Action strategies of individuals during aperture crossing in nonconfined space

AL Hackney, LA Vallis… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Walking through cluttered environments is a requirement of everyday locomotion, and
individuals will walk toward open space and adjust their actions in order to prevent injury …