Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking

N Bol; J.C.R. Bergstrom; E.M.A. Smets; Eugène Loos; J. Strohl; J.C.M. van Weert

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_2

Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking

N Bol, J.C.R. Bergstrom, E.M.A. Smets, Eugène Loos, J. Strohl, J.C.M. van Weert

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Abstract

This study examines how adults pay attention to cognitive and affective illustrations on a cancer-related webpage and explores age-related differences in the attention to these cognitive and affective webpages. Results of an eye-tracking experiment (n = 20) showed that adults spent more time attending to the illustrations on the cognitive webpage than the illustrations on the affective webpage. Furthermore, older adults spent about 65% less time fixating the webpages than younger adults. Whereas older adults had less attention for illustrations on the cognitive webpage then younger adults, they spent equal time viewing the illustrations on the affective webpage as younger adults.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Aging and Assistive Environments
Subtitle of host publication	8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings
Editors	Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	15-23
Number of pages	9
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-07446-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-07445-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_2
Publication status	Published - 2014

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8515
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Name	Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI

Keywords

eye tracking
aging
attention
fixation duration
cancer-related information
cognitive and affective illustrations
e-health

UN SDGs

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Bol, N., Bergstrom, J. C. R., Smets, E. M. A., Loos, E., Strohl, J., & van Weert, J. C. M. (2014). Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking. In C. Stephanidis, & M. Antona (Eds.), Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Aging and Assistive Environments : 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings (Vol. 3, pp. 15-23). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8515), (Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_2

Bol, N ; Bergstrom, J.C.R. ; Smets, E.M.A. et al. / Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking. Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Aging and Assistive Environments : 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings. editor / Constantine Stephanidis ; Margherita Antona. Vol. 3 Berlin : Springer, 2014. pp. 15-23 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). (Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI).

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Bol, N, Bergstrom, JCR, Smets, EMA, Loos, E, Strohl, J & van Weert, JCM 2014, Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking. in C Stephanidis & M Antona (eds), Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Aging and Assistive Environments : 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings. vol. 3, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8515, Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, Springer, Berlin, pp. 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_2

Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking. / Bol, N; Bergstrom, J.C.R.; Smets, E.M.A. et al.
Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Aging and Assistive Environments : 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings. ed. / Constantine Stephanidis; Margherita Antona. Vol. 3 Berlin: Springer, 2014. p. 15-23 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8515), (Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI).

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Bol N, Bergstrom JCR, Smets EMA, Loos E, Strohl J, van Weert JCM. Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking. In Stephanidis C, Antona M, editors, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Aging and Assistive Environments : 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings. Vol. 3. Berlin: Springer. 2014. p. 15-23. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). (Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_2

Does Web Design Matter? Examining Older Adults’ Attention to Cognitive and Affective Illustrations on Cancer-Related Websites through Eye Tracking

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