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Animation in public transports: can it facilitate information accessibility for elderly people?

Authors :
Groff, Jonathan
Paire-Ficout, Laurence
Boucheix, Jean-Michel
Lowe, Richard K
Laboratoire Ergonomie et Sciences Cognitives pour les Transports (IFSTTAR/TS2/LESCOT)
Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Université de Lyon
Laboratoire d'Etude de l'Apprentissage et du Développement [Dijon] (LEAD)
Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Curtin University [Perth]
Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC)
Laboratoire Ergonomie et Sciences Cognitives pour les Transports ( IFSTTAR/TS2/LESCOT )
Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux ( IFSTTAR ) -Université de Lyon
Laboratoire d'Etude de l'Apprentissage et du Développement [Dijon] ( LEAD )
Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )
Planning and Transport Research Centre ( PATREC )
Cadic, Ifsttar
Source :
15th Earli Biennal Conference-European Association for research on learning and Instruction, 15th Earli Biennal Conference-European Association for research on learning and Instruction, Aug 2013, Germany. 4 p, 15th Earli Biennal Conference-European Association for research on learning and Instruction, Aug 2013, Germany. 4 p, 2013
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2013.

Abstract

Cognitive functions could be affected by aging: speed processing, inhibition abilities, working memory, visuo-spatial abilities. Nevertheless, these functions could also be involved in comprehension of graphic information. In this paper we examined whether in public transports, animated graphic information instead of spoken information, could facilitate the comprehension of disruption messages. Such alternative, could improve public transport accessibility for elderly people by compensating cognitive decline due to aging. Fifty-two participants, two groups of young and older people, were asked to understand and compare series of train traffic disruption messages delivered via three different visual formats. The animated presentation was superior to the two static presentations conditions. This format facilitates the inhibition of irrelevant information by directing attention temporally and spatially to thematically relevant events. The animated presentation helped older participants to establish a spatio-temporal continuum between local events.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
15th Earli Biennal Conference-European Association for research on learning and Instruction, 15th Earli Biennal Conference-European Association for research on learning and Instruction, Aug 2013, Germany. 4 p, 15th Earli Biennal Conference-European Association for research on learning and Instruction, Aug 2013, Germany. 4 p, 2013
Accession number :
edsair.dedup.wf.001..3137288821b78027397791f2f14fac6e