Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• An Analysis of Age, Technology Usage, and Cognitive Characteristics Within Information Retrieval Tasks

  Michael Crabb, Vicki L. Hanson (2016) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This paper challenges the common practice of using chronological age as the primary metric for distinguishing user performance in HCI studies, arguing that Internet confidence and cognitive factors — particularly perceptual speed — are far better pre…

  • aging
  • cognitive accessibility
  • web search
  • information retrieval
  • fluid intelligence
  • internet experience
  • usability
  • older adults