The influence of age in usability testing

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 291-300

  Sonderegger, Andreas ^a   Schmutz, Sven ^a   Sauer, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affect; Age; Performance; Usability; User experience

Indexed keywords

INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS;

AFFECT; AGE; PERFORMANCE; USABILITY; USER EXPERIENCE;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KEYBOARD; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941005318     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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