Are Differences in Children's Travel Reflected in Their Cognitive Maps?

The results of this study show that mode of children's travel, in this case for the journey to school, can influence spatial knowledge. The mode of travel that was usually used for the trip to school, did not have a significsnt impact on the detail of the maps.

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• Authors:
  • Paskins, James
• Conference:
  • International Conference of Traffic and Transport Psychology
  • Location: Nottingham , England
  • Date: 2004-9-0 to 2004-9-0
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 49-62
• Monograph Title: Traffic and Transport Psychology: Theory and Application. Proceedings of the ICTTP 2004

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Human factors; Mapping; School trips; Spatial analysis; Travel behavior
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01004369
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080443796
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 2005 8:12AM