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Researchers at the University of Iowa have received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how immature perceptual and motor skills put children riding bicycles at risk to injury while crossing roads. The funding will support research on perceptual-motor skill development and how it can influence behavior. Bicycle crashes are the most common cause of severe injury in late childhood and early adolescence.
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Quick Trips are compiled from the notebooks of Jim Mateja and Rick Popely, and from Tribune news services.
