Comparison of efficiency in key entry among young, middle and elderly age groups - Effects of aging and character size of a keyboard on work efficiency in an entry task

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 96-101

  Murata, Atsuo ^a   Nakamura, Hitomi ^a   Okada, Yoshitomo ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Computer experience; Efficiency; Keyboard; Size of letter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE;

AGING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0036973803     PISSN: 08843627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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