Understanding the role of age and fluid intelligence in information search

Shari Trewin; John T. Richards; Vicki L. Hanson; David Sloan; Bonnie E. John; Cal Swart; John C. Thomas

doi:10.1145/2384916.2384938

Understanding the role of age and fluid intelligence in information search

Shari Trewin, John T. Richards, Vicki L. Hanson, David Sloan, Bonnie E. John, Cal Swart, John C. Thomas

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In this study, we explore the role of age and fluid intelligence on the behavior of people looking for information in a real-world search space. Analyses of mouse moves, clicks, and eye movements provide a window into possible differences in both task strategy and performance, and allow us to begin to separate the influence of age from the correlated but isolable influence of cognitive ability. We found little evidence of differences in strategy between younger and older participants matched on fluid intelligence. Both performance and strategy differences were found between older participants having higher versus lower fluid intelligence, however, suggesting that cognitive factors, rather than age per se, exert the dominant influence. This underscores the importance of measuring and controlling for cognitive abilities in studies involving older adults.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASSETS '12
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS conference on computers and accessibility
Editors	Matt Huenerfauth, Sri Kurniawan
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	119-126
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9781450313216
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2384916.2384938
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - Millenium Harvest House Hotel, Boulder, Colorado, United States Duration: 22 Oct 2012 → 24 Oct 2012 http://assets12.sigaccess.org/index.html

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Conference	14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Abbreviated title	ASSETS 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boulder, Colorado
Period	22/10/12 → 24/10/12
Internet address	http://assets12.sigaccess.org/index.html

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Trewin, S., Richards, J. T., Hanson, V. L., Sloan, D., John, B. E., Swart, C., & Thomas, J. C. (2012). Understanding the role of age and fluid intelligence in information search. In M. Huenerfauth, & S. Kurniawan (Eds.), ASSETS '12: proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS conference on computers and accessibility (pp. 119-126). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2384916.2384938

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Trewin, S, Richards, JT, Hanson, VL, Sloan, D, John, BE, Swart, C & Thomas, JC 2012, Understanding the role of age and fluid intelligence in information search. in M Huenerfauth & S Kurniawan (eds), ASSETS '12: proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS conference on computers and accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 119-126, 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Boulder, Colorado, United States, 22/10/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2384916.2384938

Understanding the role of age and fluid intelligence in information search. / Trewin, Shari; Richards, John T.; Hanson, Vicki L. et al.
ASSETS '12: proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS conference on computers and accessibility. ed. / Matt Huenerfauth; Sri Kurniawan. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2012. p. 119-126.

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Trewin S, Richards JT, Hanson VL, Sloan D, John BE, Swart C et al. Understanding the role of age and fluid intelligence in information search. In Huenerfauth M, Kurniawan S, editors, ASSETS '12: proceedings of the 14th International ACM SIGACCESS conference on computers and accessibility. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. 2012. p. 119-126 doi: 10.1145/2384916.2384938

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