Simplicity is Not Always Best: Image Preferences in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
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Abstract
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases related to the decline of cognitive ability for elderly people. This decline in cognitive function could cause older adults to experience difficulty in interpreting the meanings of function icons on the interfaces of household appliances. The aim of this study was to explore the recognition of the meanings of different types of product function icons in individuals with MCI. These four common functions of images were redesigned according to two directions as test samples: from complex to simplified form and from plane to stereo form. In this study, 31 elderly people with MCI and their caregivers were invited to participate. The following test results were revealed: 1) Participants reported that stereoscopic images were more recognizable than flat images. 2) Images with more details were easier to recognize than those that were abstract. These results can be applied to the interface design of household appliances, which can also provide more data for designing product interfaces for elderly users and users with mild cognitive disorders.
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November 2018
499 pages
ISBN:9781450356947
DOI:10.1145/3279778
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- Hideki Koike,
- Carlo Ratti,
- Yuichiro Takeuchi,
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