Cognitive aging and the usability of IT-based equipment: Learning is the key

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-243

  Harada, Etsuko T ^a   Mori, Kenji ^b   Taniue, Nozomi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Design of human artifacts interaction; Learning inefficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956400376     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2010.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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