TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive difficulties and access to information systems
T2 - an interaction design perspective
AU - Gregor, Peter
AU - Dickinson, Anna
N1 - Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - People with cognitive difficulties, including memory, sequencing and attentional difficulties, face barriers to the use of conventionally designed information systems. This paper explores some of the reasons for these barriers in terms of the expectations normally placed on the user's cognitive abilities and background knowledge. In the paper, the design and evaluation of three information systems are reported. These systems go some way towards overcoming cognitive barriers, allowing access to the advantages of computers for people with dyslexia, and for older users with no background in computer use who were able to access both email and the World Wide Web through specially designed interfaces.
AB - People with cognitive difficulties, including memory, sequencing and attentional difficulties, face barriers to the use of conventionally designed information systems. This paper explores some of the reasons for these barriers in terms of the expectations normally placed on the user's cognitive abilities and background knowledge. In the paper, the design and evaluation of three information systems are reported. These systems go some way towards overcoming cognitive barriers, allowing access to the advantages of computers for people with dyslexia, and for older users with no background in computer use who were able to access both email and the World Wide Web through specially designed interfaces.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33947646415&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10209-006-0064-6
DO - 10.1007/s10209-006-0064-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33947646415
SN - 1615-5289
VL - 5
SP - 393
EP - 400
JO - Universal Access in the Information Society
JF - Universal Access in the Information Society
IS - 4
ER -