Predictors of web navigation performance in a life span sample of adults

Human Factors

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-302

  Laberge, Jason C ^a   Scialfa, Charles T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

READING ABILITIES; SPATIAL ABILITIES; TOURISM; VISUAL SEGMENTATION; WEB NAVIGATION;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OPTIMIZATION; WEBSITES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESPAN; MALE; READING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 26944440555     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/0018720054679470     Document Type: Article

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