The role of cognitive flexibility and vocabulary abilities of younger and older users in searching for information on the web

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 717-726

  Dommes, Aurelie ^a   Chevalier, Aline ^b   Lia, Sarah ^b  

^a Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80053126203     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1743     Document Type: Article

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