Teaching older adults to use computers: Recommendations based on cognitive aging research

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 675-689

  Jones, Brett D ^a   Bayen, Ute J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 22444454352     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127980240705     Document Type: Article

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