An exploratory study on senior citizens' perceptions of the Nintendo Wii: The case of Singapore

i-CREATe 2009 - International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Theng, Yin Leng ^a   Dahlan, Amirrudin Bin ^a   Akmal, Meutia Latifah ^a   Myint, Thant Zin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elderly; Perceived usability and perceived usefulness; Senior citizens; Technology acceptance model; Wii

Indexed keywords

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

DATA COLLECTION; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; NINTENDO WII; PERCEIVED USABILITY; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PILOT STUDIES; SENIOR CITIZENS; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70449646304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1592700.1592712     Document Type: Conference Paper

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