Technology in old age from a psychological point of view

Authors:
Claudia Oppenauer;Barbara Preschl;Karin Kalteis;Ilse Kryspin-Exner
Affiliations:
University Vienna, Institute for Clinical, Biological and Differential Psychology, Vienna, Austria;University Vienna, Institute for Clinical, Biological and Differential Psychology, Vienna, Austria;University Vienna, Institute for Clinical, Biological and Differential Psychology, Vienna, Austria;University Vienna, Institute for Clinical, Biological and Differential Psychology, Vienna, Austria
Venue:
USAB'07 Proceedings of the 3rd Human-computer interaction and usability engineering of the Austrian computer society conference on HCI and usability for medicine and health care
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to foster interdisciplinary research on technology use in old age by including psychological theories and dimensions such as cognitive, motivational and emotional factors which referring to recent research studies highly influence acceptability and usability of technical devices in old age. Therefore, this paper will focus on psychological theories in the context of ageing with regard to attitudes towards technology use, acceptability and the importance of user involvement at the very beginning of technological product development and design.