Neuroanatomical correlates of perceived usability

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Neuroanatomical correlates of perceived usability. / Vi, Chi Thanh; Hornbæk, Kasper; Subramanian, Sriram.

UIST 2017 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. p. 519-532.

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Vi, CT, Hornbæk, K & Subramanian, S 2017, Neuroanatomical correlates of perceived usability. in UIST 2017 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 519-532, 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2017, Quebec City, Canada, 22/10/2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3126594.3126657

APA

Vi, C. T., Hornbæk, K., & Subramanian, S. (2017). Neuroanatomical correlates of perceived usability. In UIST 2017 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (pp. 519-532). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3126594.3126657

Vancouver

Vi CT, Hornbæk K, Subramanian S. Neuroanatomical correlates of perceived usability. In UIST 2017 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2017. p. 519-532 https://doi.org/10.1145/3126594.3126657

Author

Vi, Chi Thanh ; Hornbæk, Kasper ; Subramanian, Sriram. / Neuroanatomical correlates of perceived usability. UIST 2017 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. pp. 519-532

Bibtex

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