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Cognitive/Developmental Faculty


Dr. Neil Charness

Carnegie-Mellon University, 1974

The William G. Chase Professor of Psychology

Office

A413C PDB

Phone Number

(850) 644-6686

Email

Laboratory 

A410 PDB

Web page

http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness

Research Interest

Human factors approaches to understanding aging and technology use; development and maintenance of expertise across the life-span; sign perception and comprehension by aging pedestrians and drivers; understanding individual and environmental determinants of work performance.


Current Research

1) Age and Human Factors in Technology Use
www.create-center.org. The CREATE II project is part of a Program Project grant funded by NIA.

2) Intersection and Pedestrian Safety Research
This project is funded by Florida Department of Transportation, Elder Road User Program.

3) Age and Work Performance
(Workforce Aging in the New Economy project funded by SSHRC: www.wane.ca).


Selected Publications

Jastrzembski, T., Charness, N., & Vasyukova, C. (2006). Expertise and age effects on knowledge activation in chess. Psychology and Aging, 21, 401-405.

Czaja, S. J., Charness, N., Fisk, A. D., Hertzog, C., Nair, S. N., Rogers, W. A., & Sharit, J. (2006). Factors Predicting the Use of Technology: Findings from the Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE). Psychology and Aging, 21, 333-352.

Charness, N., Tuffiash, M., Krampe, R., Reingold, E. M., & Vasyukova, E. (2005). The role of deliberate practice in chess expertise. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19, 151-165.

Fisk, A. D., Rogers, W. A., Charness, N., Czaja, S. J., & Sharit, J. (2004). Designing for older adults: Principles and creative human factors approaches. London: Taylor and Francis.