Imapct of Familiarity on the Usability of Product by Older Adults

Denise Park continues work she started at Michigan on Aging and Cognition at
Illinois.
Hope this helps.
http://agingmind.cns.uiuc.edu/ourresearch-neu.html

Jim

On 11/8/06, Zhonghai Li <zhonghai at etclab.mie.utoronto.ca> wrote:
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> As discussed in an earlier post, there is always a tension between
> innovation and user expectation. This is especially true for older adults
> who have been found to be less capable to use new products/innovative
> interfaces than younger people. Therefore, familiarity in design is a key
> goal when designing for older adults.
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> However, to what degree does the familiarity mitigate older adults'
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> decline when interacting with new products? What aspects does familiarity
> mean? Which aspects of familiarity facilitate the learning process?
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> Anyone, please, offer some thoughts on this? If possible, please point to
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> Thank you
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