Technology skill and age: What will be the same 20 years from now?

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-452

  Hanson, Vicki L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Web

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGE-RELATED; COGNITION; CURRENT GENERATION; OLDER ADULTS; SPECIFIC STRENGTH; TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS; TECHNOLOGY SKILLS; YOUNGER GENERATIONS;

WEB CRAWLER;

EID: 85027919787     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-011-0224-1     Document Type: Article

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