Assisting people with disabilities improves their collaborative pointing efficiency through the use of the mouse scroll wheel

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Shih, Ching Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaborative pointing; Disabilities; EMCDPAP; Mouse driver

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER MOUSE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISABILITY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84865407906     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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