Journal article
Rethinking Reading for Age From Paper and Computers
International journal of human-computer interaction, Vol.27(11), pp.1066-1082
01/01/2011
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2011.555319
Abstract
The human-computer interaction research community has long been interested in the role of age in the use of computing devices. The current availability of large high-resolution displays and a growing community of older adults who use computers on a regular basis are examples of a changing landscape of users and devices that calls for a reevaluation of what we know about age and computers. This article presents two studies comparing the performance of young and older adults in reading tasks. In our studies, older adults outperformed young adults in terms of reading times and reading comprehension regardless of medium (paper or computer display). In addition, the overlap of confidence intervals for reading times and comprehension by medium suggests participants performed equally well regardless of medium. Both findings are in contrast to results from similar studies from the 1980s and 1990s.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rethinking Reading for Age From Paper and Computers
- Creators
- Robert Ball - Stephen F. Austin State UniversityJuan Pablo Hourcade - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of human-computer interaction, Vol.27(11), pp.1066-1082
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/10447318.2011.555319
- ISSN
- 1044-7318
- eISSN
- 1532-7590
- Number of pages
- 17
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Computer Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984259495702771
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