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Direct linkFischer, Jean-Paul – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2013
This article presents a simple theory according to which the left-right reversal of single digits by 5- and 6-year-old children is mainly due to the application of an implicit right-writing or -orienting rule. A number of nontrivial predictions can be drawn from this theory. First, left-oriented digits (1, 2, 3, 7, and 9) will be reversed more…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Handwriting, Children, Prediction
