Developing icons for older adults: The roles of icon design categories, text labels, and learning strategies

IF 2.5 2区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ergon.2024.103613

Xinying Song, Zebin Lin, Rixin Tang

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Abstract

When using electronic devices, older adults usually face challenges associated with difficulties in understanding icons. This study investigated age-related differences in icon identification using various design principles (Experiment 1), as well as the impacts of adding text labels (Experiment 2) and learning strategies (Experiment 3) on improving the performance of older adults. Participants, including older adults (aged 60 or older) and younger individuals, were asked to identify icons matching previous descriptions. The results revealed that the identification performance between older and younger adults varied across icon categories. The addition of text labels resolved differences in icon comprehension related to age of participant and design principles. Learning strategies had diverse effects on the identification performance of older and younger participants, depending on the icon category. These findings provide guidance for designers to apply effective principles and identify optimal strategies to support older adults in the identification and understanding of icons.

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为老年人开发图标：图标设计类别、文字标签和学习策略的作用

在使用电子设备时，老年人通常会面临难以理解图标的挑战。本研究调查了使用各种设计原则识别图标时与年龄有关的差异（实验 1），以及添加文字标签（实验 2）和学习策略（实验 3）对提高老年人识别能力的影响。参与者包括老年人（60 岁或以上）和年轻人，他们被要求识别与之前描述相符的图标。结果显示，在不同的图标类别中，老年人和年轻人的识别能力各不相同。添加文字标签后，与参与者年龄和设计原则有关的图标理解差异得到了解决。根据图标类别的不同，学习策略对老年人和年轻人的识别能力有不同的影响。这些发现为设计者提供了指导，帮助他们应用有效的原则和确定最佳策略，支持老年人识别和理解图标。

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 工程技术-工程：工业

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

12.90%

发文量

110

审稿时长

56 days

期刊介绍： The journal publishes original contributions that add to our understanding of the role of humans in today systems and the interactions thereof with various system components. The journal typically covers the following areas: industrial and occupational ergonomics, design of systems, tools and equipment, human performance measurement and modeling, human productivity, humans in technologically complex systems, and safety. The focus of the articles includes basic theoretical advances, applications, case studies, new methodologies and procedures; and empirical studies.