HCI 2015
International

Best Paper Award for the 1st International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, in the context of HCI International 2015, 2-7 August 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Certificate for Best Paper Award of the 1st International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population
conferred to

Jennifer Romano Bergstrom (Facebook, USA)
Erica Olmsted-Hawala (U.S. Census Bureau, USA)
Wendy A. Rogers (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

for the paper entitled

"Processing Speed and Vocabulary are Related to Older Adults' Internet Experiences"

Presented in the context of
HCI International 2015
2-7 August 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Paper 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."

The full paper is available through SpringerLink, provided that you have proper access rights.