Applying minimalist design principles to the problem of computer anxiety

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-261

  Reznich, Christopher B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; WORD PROCESSING;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; MINIMALIST DESIGN PRINCIPLES; PRACTICE TASK; TRANSFER TASK;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

EID: 0030169414     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0747-5632(96)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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