Computer use in older adults: Determinants and the relationship with cognitive change over a 6 year episode

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Slegers, Karin ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^b   Jolles, Jelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Computer use; Elderly; Internet

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; AGING STUDIES; COGNITIVE ABILITY; COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE DECLINE; COMPUTER ACTIVITIES; COMPUTER USE; EFFECT SIZE; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; ELDERLY; INTERNET USE; MAASTRICHT; OLDER ADULTS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 80255122695     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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