The role of spatial abilities and age in performance in an auditory computer navigation task

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3045-3051

  Pak, Richard ^a   Czaja, Sara J ^b   Sharit, Joseph ^c   Rogers, Wendy A ^d   Fisk, Arthur D ^d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive abilities; Interactive voice response systems; Interface

Indexed keywords

NAVIGATION;

AGING; COGNITIVE ABILITIES; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS; INTERFACE; SPATIAL ABILITIES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 51349126712     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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