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Neil Charness, Ph.D. is William G. Chase Professor of Psychology, Distinguished Research Professor, and Director of the Institute for Successful Longevity at Florida State University. He received his BA from McGill University (1969), and MSc and PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (1971, 1974) in Psychology. Early in his career Charness designed computer-based interventions to train a complex calculation skill for an individual with Korsakoff's amnesia (Charness, Milberg & Alexander, 1988) and people with dementia (McGlinchey-Berroth, Milberg & Charness, 1989). In the ENHANCE project he leads a team designing and evaluating tutorials to teach older adults with cognitive impairment how to use mobile apps such as Google Maps and Uber to support independent navigation.