Psychological principles of successful aging technologies: A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Lindenberger, Ulman ^a   Lövdén, Martin ^a   Schellenbach, Michael ^a   Li, Shu Chen ^a   Krüger, Antonio ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cuing structures; Lifespan psychology; Resource allocation; Successful aging; Technology, aging

Indexed keywords

AGING; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPENSATION; DISABILITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESPAN; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 43249113073     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116114     Document Type: Short Survey

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