Abstract
For investigating of the learn process of using new information and communication technology (ICT) equipment, we have executed experiments using Groton Maze Learning Test (GMLT). In this study, we focused on effects of embedded aids in GMLT, which were prominent and easy to understand, and tested their effects on memory after the GMLT. Young and older adults (24 each) were randomly assigned to with/ without-aids groups, and after 5 trials of GMLT, they answered the incidental recall task of the whole correct route of the maze. The error rate of recall was calculated and showed that there were no age differences in the with-aids condition, but huge decrements with age in the without-aids condition. In addition, there were little decrements with aids with younger adults, but large gain with the embedded aids by older adults. Difference of aids’ role between two age groups will be discussed.
