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The scientific literature on aging clearly establishes that psychophysical processes and human performance undergo gradual but continuous modification throughout life (Corso, 1971). This finding has two major implications for human engineering: (1) that predictable behavioral changes which occur as a function of age should be taken into account whenever an elderly person or group is involved in a particular working or living function; and (2) that the application of behavioral data derived from young adults may be inappropriate in the development of design characteristics for machines, systems, tasks, or environments intended for use by older people (Corso, 1981a). The age-related changes which occur in all human sensory/perceptual systems, and their functional significance, have been described in detail by Corso (1981b); and Fozard (1981) has presented some implications of these changes for person-environment relationships.
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Corso, J.F. (1984). Technological Interventions for Changes in Hearing and Vision Incurred Through Aging. 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_32
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