The effect of age-related cognitive differences, task complexity and prior internet experience in the use of an on-line grocery shop

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-84

  Sjölinder, Marie ^a   Höök, Kristina ^a   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging and Internet use; Computer and Internet experience; Information search; Interface design for elderly users; Task complexity

Indexed keywords

AGE DIFFERENCES; DESIGN OF THE EXPERIMENT; ELDERLY USERS; INFORMATION SEARCH; INTERFACE DESIGNS; INTERNET USE; SPATIAL ABILITIES; TASK COMPLEXITY;

INTERNET;

EID: 27644553122     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15427633SCC0301_4     Document Type: Article

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