Diversity in product familiarity across younger and older adults
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09/09/2011
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This paper reports on the findings of a completed experiment examining levels of familiarity in younger and older adults. Research has shown that older adults use products less intuitively than younger adults, and that familiarity is an essential element of intuitive interaction. This finding influenced the decision to focus on familiarity and to investigate why older adults use products less intuitively than younger adults. By identifying and understanding the differences in familiarity, it is hypothesised that designers will be able to design more usable products for older adults. An empirical study was conducted, investigating the differences in familiarity between younger and older adults with contemporary products. Younger adults demonstrate significantly higher levels of familiarity compared to older adults, and the three groups of older adults demonstrated no significant differences between them. The implications of this finding is discussed. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/45959/1/Simon_Lawry_-_IASDR11_paper.pdf Lawry, Simon, Popovic, Vesna, & Blackler, Alethea L. (2011) Diversity in product familiarity across younger and older adults. In Diversity & Unity, 4th World Conference on Design Research, IASDR2011, Delft, The Netherlands. |
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Copyright 2011 Please consult the authors. |
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Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering; School of Design |
Palavras-Chave | #120302 Design Innovation #120305 Industrial Design #Familiarity #Intuitive Interaction #Older Adults #Prior Knowledge #Prior Experience |
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Conference Paper |