Designing for Older Adults: Principles and Creative Human Factors Approaches - Couverture souple

Fisk, Arthur D.; Rogers, Wendy A.; Charness, Neil; Czaja, Sara J.; Sharit, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415286115 ISBN 13 : 9780415286114

Editeur : Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

As life expectancy increases, older workers and the retired form a large and growing proportion of the world’s population. Professionals working to develop systems and environments need to better accommodate the user needs of the older adult.

This new guide provides a practical introduction to human factors and the older adult. It considers the subject primarily from an engineering psychology perspective, heavily grounded in today’s scientific knowledge. The authors show how current understanding of age-related issues of perception, cognition, and movement control can be applied in practice. They also provide a reference source with guidelines and advice for design issues ranging from lighting, computer input device selection, and web site design, to training program development and work task design.

The text draws on research-oriented work and presents this in a form that can be used by the broad audience of product designers, health care practitioners, managers, and others who need answers to problems and require sound recommendations for design.

A propos du livre

This new guide provides a practical introduction to human factors and the older adult. It considers the subject primarily from an engineering psychology perspective, heavily grounded in today’s scientific knowledge. The authors show how current understanding of age-related issues of perception, cognition, and movement control can be applied in practice. They also provide a reference source with guidelines and advice for design issues ranging from lighting, computer input device selection, and web site design, to training program development and work task design.

The text draws on research-oriented work and presents this in a form that can be used by the broad audience of product designers, health care practitioners, managers, and others who need answers to problems and require sound recommendations for design.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415286115
• ISBN 13: 9780415286114
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible