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
#2The paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10....
DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1219945
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#3Interesting! Explains that even though I've used a laptop since 1992 to do school work because of my learning disabilities(Dysgraphia, mid-line problems, poor fine motor control) I still prefer to hand write my notes. Even if I never read them I noticed that just the act of doing them helps me remember things. I might not remember the source but I can remember the act of note taking. I've noticed the same thing with reading as well.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#4> The experiment comprised a total of 30 trials, where each word appeared in two different conditions, presented in a randomized order. For each trial, participants were instructed to either (a) write in cursive with their right hand the presented word with a digital pen directly on the screen, or (b) type the presented word using the right index finger on the keyboard. Before each trial, the instruction write or type appeared before one of the target words appeared, and the participants were given 25 s to either write by hand or type the word multiple times, separated by a space. EEG data were recorded only during the first 5 s of each trial. 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. The writings produced by the participants (see Figure 1 for example) were stored for offline analyses.
I wonder what the effect would be when considering:
a) proficiency to write in cursive
b) touch typing ability
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#5Linking this thread, because it already crossed my mind so many times
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29863108
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#6Could a factor be that most people primarily typewrite now so it’s second nature muscle memory but the handwriting task requires just a little extra effort? I didn't see preexisting disposition factored in at all, so I’m curious.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#7Interesting! Explains that even though I've used a laptop since 1992 to do school work because of my learning disabilities(Dysgraphia, mid-line problems, poor fine motor control) I still prefer to hand write my notes. Even if I never read them I noticed that just the act of doing them helps me remember things. I might not remember the source but I can remember the act of note taking. I've noticed the same thing with…
Multimodality reinforces each other. Action, speech, listening, all helping to let us understand a subject better.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#8Could a factor be that most people primarily typewrite now so it’s second nature muscle memory but the handwriting task requires just a little extra effort? I didn't see preexisting disposition factored in at all, so I’m curious.
I think it's actually the opposite - most people can't touch type, so they spend more time and concentration trying to type, which means less focus on the actual content. I would think that handwriting is more muscle memory for most people, thus they can focus more on what they're writing, making connections to it, etc.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#9> The experiment comprised a total of 30 trials, where each word appeared in two different conditions, presented in a randomized order. For each trial, participants were instructed to either (a) write in cursive with their right hand the presented word with a digital pen directly on the screen, or (b) type the presented word using the right index finger on the keyboard. Before each trial, the instruction write or typ…
Yes I would think that it would be difficult to distinguish between brain activity caused by learning a subject and brain activity caused by learning to write cursive.
Re: Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain
#10I feel like this has been said before quite a bit but a lot of people always make excuses about how they’re the exception.