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Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Post by mycall »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #62
Forge36 wrote: post #46

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I think it gets worse > To prevent artifacts produced by head and eye movements caused by shifting gaze between the screen and the keyboard, typed words did not appear on the screen while the participant was typewriting. So no only were typists not touch typing, they couldn't see what they were typing. Too many variables are changed between the two tests. A) writers can see whole words vs no visual feedback B) writer…

> So no only were typists not touch typing, they couldn't see what they were typing. This is how I feel as a left hander while writing the old fashioned way. I can’t see what I’m writing so I get sloppy really quickly, and always need paper with lines. Not that this makes their methodology not totally bunk, of course.

Perhaps you could feel more comfortable using a 'right to left' language for handwriting.

Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

throw2836384 wrote: post #99
SoftTalker wrote: post #77

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Learn to write upside down, then turn the paper upside down and write from right to left.

Learn Chinese. It's traditionally written right-to-left, top-to-bottom.

I studied Chinese, and modern mainland Chinese is written left to right and a pain for lefties to pass Chinese exams with. But the IMEs are great so you never have to write them out yourself, so you just need to focus on how the word sounds and what it looks like.

Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Post by m463 »

zffr wrote: post #52
kstenerud wrote: post #31

I've been taking notes in a text editor since 1994. What I found was that taking notes via computer was much easier because I could finally keep up with what I'm taking notes about (typing is MUCH faster than writing), and could therefore spend more time considering the thing I'm taking notes on, rearrange things, group them, etc using simple keyboard commands. My impression is that my retention went way up and I had…

During college lectures my retention was highest when I didn’t notes at all. I found that if I took notes, most of my brain power went towards capturing the content instead of actively engaging with it. Once I stopped taking notes, it freed up my mind to think critically about the material and helped me quickly identify when I was confused about something. When I was confused, I was able to ask the professor about it…

What about those key insights you pick up on, and say "Aha!"

Reminds me of the book "Getting Things Done" by David Allen.

He had the idea of a "trusted system" for capturing things.

Instead of anxiously carrying something important in your head, jot it down and get it off your mind.

Maybe not full notes, but maybe get ready to capture insights.

Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

xenospn wrote: post #87
Loughla wrote: post #71

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Do you have any advice for helping a child who is left handed and sucks at penmanship? My youngest is left handed, and his writing is just trash. I have no idea how to help him outside of specific left handed writing tools (that I'm pretty sure don't help at all).

I’m left handed, and my handwriting writing goes from really nice to shit when I use different pens. My advice is experiment with different types. I love BiC pens, they feel super smooth. Also, growing up in Israel, where we write right to left, I don’t recall any of my right-handed friends having issues with handwriting.

Hebrew is strange because maybe it was first written in stone rather than ink, so smearing wasn’t an issue? This page at least puts that forward as a possible reason: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/why-is-hebrew-writt...

Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Post by xenospn »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #105
xenospn wrote: post #87

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I’m left handed, and my handwriting writing goes from really nice to shit when I use different pens. My advice is experiment with different types. I love BiC pens, they feel super smooth. Also, growing up in Israel, where we write right to left, I don’t recall any of my right-handed friends having issues with handwriting.

Hebrew is strange because maybe it was first written in stone rather than ink, so smearing wasn’t an issue? This page at least puts that forward as a possible reason: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/why-is-hebrew-writt...

I think clay, no?

Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Post by sushid »

mycall wrote: post #101
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #62

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> So no only were typists not touch typing, they couldn't see what they were typing. This is how I feel as a left hander while writing the old fashioned way. I can’t see what I’m writing so I get sloppy really quickly, and always need paper with lines. Not that this makes their methodology not totally bunk, of course.

Perhaps you could feel more comfortable using a 'right to left' language for handwriting.

What? I don't think learning a new language like Arabic is the solution to their problem. Something like the Sarasa Dry so that they don't leave smudges on their hand might be more reasonable.

Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

xenospn wrote: post #106
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hebrew is strange because maybe it was first written in stone rather than ink, so smearing wasn’t an issue? This page at least puts that forward as a possible reason: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/why-is-hebrew-writt...

I think clay, no?

That makes more sense, but the article speculates otherwise. Cuneiform which was definitely first written on clay tablets is left to right.
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