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Tracy L. Mitzner
Researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology
Publications - 80
Citations - 3060
Tracy L. Mitzner is an academic researcher from Georgia Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 75 publications receiving 2438 citations.
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Older adults talk technology: Technology usage and attitudes
Tracy L. Mitzner,Julie Blaskewicz Boron,Cara Bailey Fausset,Anne E. Adams,Neil Charness,Sara J. Czaja,Katinka Dijkstra,Arthur D. Fisk,Wendy A. Rogers,Joseph Sharit +9 more
TL;DR: These results contradict stereotypes that older adults are afraid or unwilling to use technology, and highlight the importance of perceived benefits of use and ease of use for models of technology acceptance.
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Domestic Robots for Older Adults: Attitudes, Preferences, and Potential
Cory-Ann Smarr,Tracy L. Mitzner,Jenay M. Beer,Akanksha Prakash,Tiffany L. Chen,Charles C. Kemp,Wendy A. Rogers +6 more
TL;DR: For example, this paper found that older adults were generally open to robot assistance but were discriminating in their acceptance of assistance for different tasks. And they preferred human assistance over robot assistance for tasks related to chores, manipulating objects, and information management.
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Language decline across the life span: findings from the Nun Study.
TL;DR: Measures of grammatical complexity and idea density were obtained from autobiographies written over a 60-year span and adult experiences, in general, did not moderate these declines.
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The domesticated robot: design guidelines for assisting older adults to age in place
Jenay M. Beer,Cory-Ann Smarr,Tiffany L. Chen,Akanksha Prakash,Tracy L. Mitzner,Charles C. Kemp,Wendy A. Rogers +6 more
TL;DR: The questionnaire data suggest that older adults prefer robot assistance for cleaning and fetching/organizing tasks overall, however their assistance preferences discriminated between tasks, and preliminary recommendations for designing mobile manipulator robots to support aging in place are provided.
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Technology Adoption by Older Adults: Findings From the PRISM Trial.
Tracy L. Mitzner,Jyoti Savla,Walter R. Boot,Joseph Sharit,Neil Charness,Sara J. Czaja,Wendy A. Rogers +6 more
TL;DR: The provision of opportunities to foster efficacy and gain positive experience with computer technologies may play a critical role in the likelihood that older adults adopt such technologies.