The impact of interface design element features on task performance in older adults: evidence from eye-tracking and EEG signals

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Zhou, C, Yuan, F, Huang, T, Zhang, Y and Kaner, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-7433, 2022. The impact of interface design element features on task performance in older adults: evidence from eye-tracking and EEG signals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (15): 9251. ISSN 1661-7827

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159251

Abstract

It is crucial that the interface design of mobile apps be age-appropriate at this stage of global aging, as the new epidemic has resulted in a higher sense of isolation among older persons. In this study, four typical senior social service mobile applications were chosen to give older persons the ability to complete user login duties. The participants were 16 older adults (7 men and 9 women) aged 55 to 76. Both objective and subjective data, including task completion time, gaze length, pupil diameter changes, EEG wave amplitude changes, and subjective sensations of older persons, were gathered using a combination of eye-movement and EEG signal approaches. The program was created to investigate the effects of interface design aspects on older people’s task performance, including interface layout, interface color, information density, icon size and position, etc. The study’s findings revealed that when the user task completion time and average fixation duration were shorter, the line of sight was more equally distributed, the visual focus was closer to the login button, and the average EEG amplitude of the user changed more, the older adults performed better. The palace layout had a more positive effect on job completion among older individuals when it came to interface layout. In terms of interface color, colored (contrasting) colors should serve to highlight the interface’s essential information points while they can be removed. In terms of interface information density, a low-density level interface design can simplify and lower the cognitive load of task execution for older people. The first level of icons in the interface and their position in the visual center of the interface is the best interface design for older persons in terms of icon size and position. The results of this study have theoretical ramifications for a thorough understanding of the factors influencing older people’s task performance, practical ramifications for the design of older people-centered interfaces, and they contribute to our understanding of the characteristics of older people’s interface interaction behavior.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Creators:	Zhou, C., Yuan, F., Huang, T., Zhang, Y. and Kaner, J.
Publisher:	MDPI
Date:	28 July 2022
Volume:	19
Number:	15
ISSN:	1661-7827
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3390/ijerph19159251 DOI 1601068 Other
Rights:	This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham School of Art & Design
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	22 Sep 2022 09:49
Last Modified:	22 Sep 2022 09:50
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47073