Cognitive abilities and the measurement of world wide web usability

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1092-1096

  Campbell, Susan G ^a   Norman, Kent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ABILITY; COMPUTER EXPERIENCE; EMERGENT PROPERTY; INFORMATION SEEKING; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; SPATIAL ABILITIES; SPATIAL ORIENTATIONS; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; SYSTEM USABILITY; USABILITY STUDIES; WIKIPEDIA;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USABILITY ENGINEERING; VISUALIZATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 79952963259     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118110X12829369833565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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