{"id":196641,"date":"2024-09-25T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/a-persons-intelligence-limits-their-computer-proficiency-more-than-previously-thought-say-researchers"},"modified":"2024-09-25T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T16:22:57","slug":"a-persons-intelligence-limits-their-computer-proficiency-more-than-previously-thought-say-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/a-persons-intelligence-limits-their-computer-proficiency-more-than-previously-thought-say-researchers","title":{"rendered":"A Person\u2019s Intelligence Limits their Computer Proficiency More than Previously Thought, say Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-persons-intelligence-limits-their-computer-proficiency-more-than-previously-thought-say-researchers2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study has found that intelligence, in the form of general cognitive abilities such as perception, thinking and remembering, is more important than hitherto thought at predicting a person\u2019s ability to complete common tasks with a PC. The study was published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies in August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur research findings are the first clear proof that cognitive abilities have a significant, independent and wide-ranging effect on people\u2019s ability to use a computer. Contrary to what was previously thought, cognitive abilities are as important as previous experience of computer use,\u201d says Aalto University\u2019s Professor Antti Oulasvirta, who studied human-computer interaction extensively with his team.<\/p>\n<p>The findings have implications for digital equality, say the researchers, because everyday user interfaces have simply become too complex to use. Practice alone is no longer enough, with intelligence becoming an equally critical factor in predicting performance in computer tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study has found that intelligence, in the form of general cognitive abilities such as perception, thinking and remembering, is more important than hitherto thought at predicting a person\u2019s ability to complete common tasks with a PC. The study was published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies in August 2024. \u201cOur research findings [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}