Technology in old age from a psychological point of view

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4799 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 133-142

  Oppenauer, Claudia ^a   Preschl, Barbara ^a   Kalteis, Karin ^a   Kryspin Exner, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Assistive technology; Gerontopsychology; Home care; Usability

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; GERONTOPSYCHOLOGY; HOME CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 38449101680     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-76805-0_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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