NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bouriga, Sirine; Olive, Thierry – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
The present study investigated cognitive effort of handwriting and typing of undergraduate students. In Experiment 1, we used a secondary reaction time task to assess the cognitive effort required by undergraduates when carrying out handwriting and typing copying tasks. Students had longer reaction times, indicating greater cognitive effort, when…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Handwriting, Office Occupations
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Maldarelli, Jennifer E.; Kahrs, Björn A.; Hunt, Sarah C.; Lockman, Jeffrey J. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Despite the importance of handwriting for school readiness and early academic progress, prior research on the development of handwriting has focused primarily on the product rather than the process by which young children write letters. In contrast, in the present work, early handwriting is viewed as involving a suite of perceptual, motor, and…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Young Children, Visual Perception, Psychomotor Skills