The new media and older adults: Usable and useful?

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 416-433

  Charness, Neil ^a   Holley, Patricia ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Harvard University Graduate School of Business Advanced Management Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Communication; Congnition; Human factors; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044254418     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204270279     Document Type: Review

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