cognition, aging, and technology lab

Richard Pak, PhD

My area of interest is in how age-related changes in cognition affect people's ability to use technology. Curriculum vitae: HTML file, PDF.

Research Interests

  • Age-related changes in cognitive abilities
  • Visual attention
  • Factors affecting the successful use of information technology
  • Human factors in HCI

Education

  • Ph.D., Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005.
  • M.S., Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001.

Affiliations

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Publications

Caine, K. E., Hickman, J.M, Stronge, A. J., Pak, R., (In press). Steps to effective communication with Your health care provider. Signpost: Journal of Dementia and Mental Health Care for Older People.

Pak, R., Pautz, S., & Iden, R. (2007). Information organization and retrieval: An assessment of taxonomical and tagging systems. Cognitive Technology, 12(1), 31-44.

Rogers, W. A., Pak, R., Fisk, A. D. (2007). Applied cognitive psychology in the context of everyday living. To appear in F. T. Durso, R. S. Nickerson, S. T. Dumais, S. Lewandowsky, & T. Perfect (Eds.), Handbook of applied cognition (2nd ed.). Chichester: Wiley.

Pak, R., Rogers, W. A., Fisk, A. F. (2006). Spatial ability sub-factors and their influences on a computer-based information search task.  Human Factors, 48, 154-165.

Rogers, W. A., Fisk, A. D., McLaughlin, A. C., & Pak, R. (2005). Touch a screen or turn a knob: Choosing the best device for the job. Human Factors, 47, 271-288.

Rogers, W. A., Campbell, R. H., & Pak, R. (2001). A systems approach for training older adults to use technology. In N. Charness, D. C. Park, and B. A. Sabel (Eds.), Communication, technology, and aging: Opportunities and challenges for the future (pp. 187-208). New York: Springer.

Blanchard-Fields, F., Hertzog, C., Stein, R., and Pak, R. (2001). Beyond stereotyped predictors of traditional family values. Psychology and Aging, 16(3), 483-496.

Salthouse, T. A., Toth, J. P., Daniels, K., Parks, C., Pak, R., Wolbrette, M., and Hocking, K. J. (2000). Effects of aging on efficiency of task switching in a variant of the trail making test. Neuropsychology, 14(1), 102-111.

Conference Proceedings and other Published Material

Pautz, S., Price, M. & Pak, R. (2007). Accommodating age-related differences in a computer-based information search task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Pak, R., Rogers, W. A., & Fisk, A. D. (October 2006). Aging and Visual Attention: The effect of perceptual load on the functional field of view.. 50th Annual meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, San Francisco, CA. Winner of the Aging Technical Group's Arnold Small Award.

Hickman, J. M., Stronge, A. J., Pak, R., Caine, K., Rogers, W. A., & Fisk, A. D. (April 2006). Doctor-patient communication I: Exploring the nature of communication problems for an older population. Eleventh Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Pak, R., Peters, R.E., Rogers, W. A., Abowd, G. D., & Fisk, A. D. (2004). An analysis of why people lose objects, how they find them, and their attitudes about a technology aid. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting.

Pak, R., Rogers, W. A., & Stronge, A. J. (2000). How would you describe the World Wide Web? Analogies of the web from users. In Proceedings of the IEA2000/HFES 2000 Congress (Vol. 3, p.172). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. . Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting. [PDF poster]

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