DocumentCode
1544834
Title
Apes with apps
Author
Schweller, Ken
Volume
49
Issue
7
fYear
2012
fDate
7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
38
Lastpage
45
Abstract
Have you ever watched a toddler play with an iPhone? Most likely, the child was completely captivated and surprisingly adept at manipulating the tiny icons. Two-year-old Teco is no different. Sitting with his Motorola Xoom tablet, he??s rapt, his dark eyes fixed on the images, fingers pecking away at the touch screen. He can??t speak, but with the aid of the tablet app I created for him, he´s building a vocabulary that will likely total several thousand words. What??s more, he´ll be able to string those words together into simple sentences and ask questions, tell jokes, and carry on conversations.
Keywords
Animals; Behavioral science; Cognition; Computer applications; Haptic interfaces; Human factors; User interfaces;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2012.6221081
Filename
6221081
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