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Technological Advances from a Human Factors Point of View

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Aging and Technological Advances

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Since “human factors” can be defined as dealing with the interactions between technology and individuals, it follows that this field should play a major role in examining the relationships of aging and technology. This interest has indeed been demonstrated in a special issue of Human Factors on aging in 1981, in the existence of a Technical Group on Aging in the Human Factors Society, and in various presentations at the Society’s Annual Meetings.

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    H. McIlvaine Parsons

  2. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

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Parsons, H.M. (1984). Technological Advances from a Human Factors Point of View. In: Robinson, P.K., Livingston, J., Birren, J.E., Regnier, V.A., Small, A.M., Sterns, H.L. (eds) Aging and Technological Advances. NATO Conference Series, vol 24. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2401-0_27

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