Intuitive learnability of touch gestures for technology-naïve older adults
- Submitting institution
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Middlesex University
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 1704
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1093/iwc/iwu044
- Title of journal
- Interacting with Computers
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 344
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 0953-5438
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/14313/
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 10
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper describes the intuitiveness of touch-gestures in older adults with very low technology adoption. An experiment with subjects using gesture-based games derived statistically significant evidence about learnability, number of gestures used, and action times across three different games. This paper is significant because it supports the drag gesture being easy to learn and retain while the rotate gesture is much more difficult. Drag is also more easily transferred across games. It has also shown learning tasks as simple and enjoyable digital games can motivate older adults to explore computer technologies.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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