Helping older adults conquer digital tablets

Gerontechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 78-88

  Wright, Patricia ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computers; Digital tablets; Interface design; Internet; Peer support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; FINGER; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LEARNING THEORY; MEMORY; SATISFACTION; TABLET; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 84958619117     PISSN: 15691101     EISSN: 1569111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4017/gt.2016.14.2.005.00     Document Type: Article

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