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Forward first: Joystick interactions of toddlers during digital play.
| Τίτλος: | Forward first: Joystick interactions of toddlers during digital play. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Ingraham KA; Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America., Feldner HA; Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America., Steele KM; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America. |
| Πηγή: | PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Dec 19; Vol. 19 (12), pp. e0316097. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 19 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Play and Playthings*, Child Development/physiology ; Humans ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Male ; Infant ; Video Games ; User-Computer Interface ; Computer Peripherals |
| Περίληψη: | Developmentally appropriate access to technology can support toddlers in learning and play. While touch screens are a popular interaction modality for children under the age of three, they may not be appropriate for all children or all tasks. We know comparatively little about how toddlers interact with joystick-based technology, and more fundamental research is required to understand joystick interactions at different ages and developmental stages. We quantified how 36 nondisabled toddlers used a joystick to play a cause-and-effect game on a computer. Children demonstrated a strong preference for moving the joystick forward first, regardless of the target direction. On average, the oldest children navigated the joystick to the target 5 seconds faster than the youngest children, and were nearly twice as efficient in their joystick path. These findings inform the design of assistive algorithms for joystick-enabled computer play and developmentally appropriate technologies for toddlers. (Copyright: © 2024 Ingraham et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.) |
| Competing Interests: | The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. |
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| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20241219 Date Completed: 20241219 Latest Revision: 20260715 |
| Update Code: | 20260715 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC11658599 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0316097 |
| PMID: | 39700226 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0316097 |