Open AccessThe effects of cognitive ageing on use of complex interfaces
Author(s) -
Raghavendra Reddy Gudur,
Alethea Blackler,
Doug Mahar,
Vesna Popović
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
qut eprints (queensland university of technology)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1145/1952222.1952259
Subject(s) - cognition , task (project management) , cognitive psychology , ageing , working memory , psychology , executive functions , component (thermodynamics) , computer science , function (biology) , task analysis , human–computer interaction , engineering , medicine , neuroscience , physics , systems engineering , evolutionary biology , biology , thermodynamics
This paper discusses an experiment investigating the effects of cognitive ageing and prior-experience with technology on using complex interfaces intuitively. Overall 37 participants, between the ages of 18 to 83, participated in this study. All participants were assessed for their cognitive abilities and prior-experience with technology. It was anticipated that the Central Executive function (a component of Working Memory) would emerge as one of the important cognitive functions in using complex interfaces. This was found to be the case with the strongest negative correlation occurring between sustained attention (one of the functions of the Central Executive), the time to complete the task and number of errors made by the participants. Copyright the author(s) and CHISIG
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