How age affects the speed of perception of computer icons

Displays

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 170-177

  Lindberg, Tomas ^a   Näsänen, Risto ^a   Müller, Kiti ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Icons; Stimulus density; Stimulus size; Threshold search time; Usability; Visual acuity; Visual search

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; SEARCH ENGINES;

AGING; ICONS; STIMULUS DENSITY; STIMULUS SIZE; THRESHOLD SEARCH TIME; USABILITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SEARCH;

COMPUTER MONITORS;

EID: 33750284145     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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