Visualizations for self-reflection on mouse pointer performance for older adults

Authors:
Jasmine Jones;Steven Hall;Mieke Gentis;Carrie Reynolds;Chitra Gadwal;Amy Hurst;Judah Ronch;Callie Neylan
Affiliations:
UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA;UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA;UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA;UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA;UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA;UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA;UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA;UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 14th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Aging causes physical and cognitive changes that influence how we interact with the world around us. As personal data becomes increasingly available from a variety of sources, older adults can use this information to better understand these changes and adapt. Our project explores information visualization as a tool to help older adults interpret and understand their own personal data. To test this concept, we created visualizations of user's pointer performance metrics to help demystify problems in real-world mouse use. In a user study conducted with older adults with a range of computing experience, we learned that visualizations such as these can be a highly engaging information medium for this population. This paper presents our value-driven design process and recommendations for visualizations for older adults.