Effects of user age and target-expansion methods on target-acquisition tasks using a mouse

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-175

  Lee, Donghun ^a   Kwon, Sunghyuk ^a   Chung, Min K ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Older adults; Target acquisition; Target expansion

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; TRACKING (POSITION);

EXPANSION METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMPROVE PERFORMANCE; OCCLUSION TECHNIQUE; OLDER ADULTS; PRACTICAL SCHEMES; STATIC CONDITIONS; TARGET ACQUISITION;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; PROCESS DESIGN; RANDOM ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 80052423458     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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