Older Adults
Younger AdultsAnne Adams
Research Interests
My interests lie in the area of the effects of prior knowledge and training.
- One project employed warnings to investigate the effect of prior knowledge on inferences. Accuracy data were enriched with follow-up interviews to tap into what information participants based their decisions on and how this differed as a function of age. Warnings were either consistent with or counter to experience.
- Another project addressed whether there are age-related differences in what we remember when we encounter information that contradicts what we just recently read and learned.
- I am also interested in training and a co-investigator on a study exploring older adult’s attitudes about technology as well as their training needs and preferences.
- Currently I am exploring the various ways that task analysis can be used to understand prior or newly acquired knowledge and how this can be used for training.
Education
- Currently completing the requirements for Ph.D. in Engineering Psychology
- Master of Science in Engineering Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006
- B.Sc., Specialization in Psychology. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2000.
Curriculum Vitae
- pdf version of CV
Contact Information
- Office Location : Psychology Building, Room B77
- Phone Number : 404-385-2690
- Fax: 404-894-8905
- E-mail: gtg128n@mail.gatech.edu
Selected Publications
- Adams, A. E., Rogers, W. A.and Fisk, A. D. (2007). Inferences and Confidence in Warning Texts: The Role of Age and Prior Knowledge. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
- Adams, A. E., Bowles, C. T., Choi, K. C., Rogers, W. A.and Fisk, A. D. (2005). The effect of contradictory information on recently acquired knowledge. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA.
