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PSYCHNOLOGY
2007
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Psychological Implications of Domestic Assistive Technology for the Elderly
The ROBOCARE Domestic Environment (RDE) is the result of a three-year project aimed at developing cognitive support technology for elderly people. Specifically, the domestic envir...
Amedeo Cesta, Gabriella Cortellessa, Vittoria Giul...
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CHI
2008
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Design, adoption, and assessment of a socio-technical environment supporting independence for persons with cognitive disabilitie
A significant fraction of persons with cognitive disabilities are potentially able to live more independently with the use of powerful tools embedded in their social environment. ...
Stefan Carmien, Gerhard Fischer
ASSETS
2008
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Creating and evaluating a video vocabulary for communicating verbs for different age groups
Icons and digital images used in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are not as effective in illustrating verbs, especially for people with cognitive degeneration or ...
Xiaojuan Ma, Perry R. Cook
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CHI
2005
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Participatory design of an orientation aid for amnesics
We present the participatory design and evaluation of an orientation aid for individuals who have anterograde amnesia. Our design team included six amnesics who have extreme diffi...
Mike Wu, Ronald Baecker, Brian Richards
ASSETS
2005
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Toward Goldilocks' pointing device: determining a "just right" gain setting for users with physical impairments
We designed and evaluated an agent that recommends a pointing device gain for a given user, with mixed success. 12 participants with physical impairments used the Input Device Age...
Heidi Horstmann Koester, Edmund F. LoPresti, Richa...