Training older adults to use new technology

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2007, Pages 77-84

  Hickman, Jamye M ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^a   Fisk, Arthur D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION; SERIAL LEARNING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34548048141     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.special_issue_1.77     Document Type: Article

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