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Impact of technology on successful aging /

This volume provides a detailed examination of changes in technology that impact individuals as they age with an emphasis upon cultural contexts and person-environment fit from human factors, psychological, and sociological perspectives. The editors take into consideration the role of macro-influenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Charness, Neil, Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub., ©2003.
Colección:Societal impact on aging.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Technology design, usability, and aging: human factors techniques and considerations / Wendy A. Rogers, Arthur D. Fisk
  • Commentary: Access, motivation, ability, design, and training: necessary conditions for older adult success with technology / Neil Charness
  • Commentary: Is it all about aging? Technology and aging in social context / Melissa A. Hardy, Chardie L. Baird
  • Human factors and aging: identifying and compensating for age-realted deficits in sensory and cognitive function / Frank Schieber
  • Commentary: Aging effects on vision: impairment, variability, self-report, and compensatory change / Donald W. Kline
  • Commentary: Using technology to lower the perceptual and cognitive hurdles of aging / James L. Fozard
  • The impact of the Internet on older adults / Sara J. Czaja, Chin Chin Lee
  • Commentary: Applying research: the NIHSeniorHealth.gov project / Roger W. Morrell, Stephanie R. Dailey, Gabriel K. Rousseau
  • Commentary: Social aspects of gerontechnology / John C. Thomas
  • Assistive technology / William C. Mann
  • Commentary: Next steps in home modification and assistive technology research / Laura N. Gitlin
  • Commentary: Assistive technology: potential and preconditions fo useful applications / Heidrun Mollenkopf
  • Impact of everyday technology in the home environment on older adults' quality of life / Hans-Werner Wahl, Heidrun Mollenkopf
  • Commentary: The nested context of technology: a response to Wahl and Mollenkopf / Rick J. Scheidt
  • Commentary: Gerontechnology and the home environment / Gloria M. Gutman
  • Technology and the promise of independent living for adults: a cognitive perspective / Linda L. Liu, Denise C. Park
  • Commentary: Technology as environmental support for older adults' daily activities / Daniel Morrow
  • Commentary: Using technology to foster engagement and improve health in elderly persons / Sarah Hall Gueldner, Susan J. Loeb.