Light pen use and practice minimize age and hand performance differences in pointing tasks

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 373-384

  Charness, Neil ^a,b   Holley, Patricia ^a,c   Feddon, Jeffrey ^a,d,e   Jastrzembski, Tiffany ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Aculab USA Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTS; AGE GROUPS; HANDS; INPUT DEVICES;

COSTS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); PERFORMANCE; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

LIGHT PENS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 8644286280     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.3.373.50396     Document Type: Article

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