Processing speed and vocabulary are related to older adults’ internet experiences

Jennifer Romano Bergstrom; Erica Olmsted-Hawala; Wendy A. Rogers

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20892-3_35

Processing speed and vocabulary are related to older adults’ internet experiences

Jennifer Romano Bergstrom, Erica Olmsted-Hawala, Wendy A. Rogers

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Abstract

Some cognitive declines commonly occur with aging; yet they are seldom taken into account by Website designers and User Experience (UX) researchers. In this empirical study, we compared younger adults, middle-age adults, high-functioning older adults, and low-functioning older adults to examine whether there is a relationship between aspects of cognition and performance when using a Website. Performance was measured by accuracy (percent of tasks completed successfully), efficiency (mean time to complete tasks) and self-rated satisfaction, three commonly used usability metrics. Results suggest that processing speed and vocabulary may be related to Internet performance. Specifically, older adults with faster processing speed and/or high vocabulary may perform better than their lower-functioning counterparts. More importantly, these older adults perform similar to younger adults.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population
Subtitle of host publication	Design for Aging - 1st International Conference, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Gavriel Salvendy, Gavriel Salvendy, Jia Zhou
Publisher	Springer
Pages	354-364
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783319208916
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20892-3_35
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	1st International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015 - Los Angeles, United States Duration: Aug 2 2015 → Aug 7 2015

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9193
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	1st International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	8/2/15 → 8/7/15

Keywords

Aging
Cognition
Computers
Internet
Technology
Usability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Bergstrom, J. R., Olmsted-Hawala, E., & Rogers, W. A. (2015). Processing speed and vocabulary are related to older adults’ internet experiences. In G. Salvendy, G. Salvendy, & J. Zhou (Eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Design for Aging - 1st International Conference, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings (pp. 354-364). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9193). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20892-3_35

Processing speed and vocabulary are related to older adults’ internet experiences. / Bergstrom, Jennifer Romano; Olmsted-Hawala, Erica; Rogers, Wendy A.
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Design for Aging - 1st International Conference, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Gavriel Salvendy; Gavriel Salvendy; Jia Zhou. Springer, 2015. p. 354-364 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9193).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Bergstrom, JR, Olmsted-Hawala, E & Rogers, WA 2015, Processing speed and vocabulary are related to older adults’ internet experiences. in G Salvendy, G Salvendy & J Zhou (eds), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Design for Aging - 1st International Conference, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9193, Springer, pp. 354-364, 1st International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, United States, 8/2/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20892-3_35

Bergstrom JR, Olmsted-Hawala E, Rogers WA. Processing speed and vocabulary are related to older adults’ internet experiences. In Salvendy G, Salvendy G, Zhou J, editors, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Design for Aging - 1st International Conference, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings. Springer. 2015. p. 354-364. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-20892-3_35

Bergstrom, Jennifer Romano ; Olmsted-Hawala, Erica ; Rogers, Wendy A. / Processing speed and vocabulary are related to older adults’ internet experiences. Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Design for Aging - 1st International Conference, ITAP 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings. editor / Gavriel Salvendy ; Gavriel Salvendy ; Jia Zhou. Springer, 2015. pp. 354-364 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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