Older adults and attitutdes towards computers: Have they changed with recent advances in technology?

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 154-157

  Nair, Sankaran N ^a   Lee, Chin Chin ^a   Czaja, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

AGE GROUPS; COMFORT; COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; GENDERS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 44349149338     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120504900201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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