The Adaptive User: An Investigation into the Cognitive and Task Constraints on the Generation of New Methods

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 236-248

  Charman, Suzanne C ^a   Howes, Andrew ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0346361733     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.9.4.236     Document Type: Article

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