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I wonder if that retention has to do with having learned handwriting before typing, and that one who learns typing first would have equal retention to one who w
by warent 4y ago
I wonder if that retention has to do with having learned handwriting before typing, and that one who learns typing first would have equal retention to one who writes. Would be interesting if a study is done on this! (Of course, carefully, so as not at the expense of children)
- lo_zamoyski 4y agoNo. I believe it has to do with the greater richness of motion involved. Writing a letter involves more effort and a specific motion of the hand for each letter and these are different for each letter (pushing keys on a keyboard is largely undifferentiated; what really varies is the position the fingers have to go, not the motion needed to produce a character which is the same). This, I think, exploits spatial memory as well (note how mnemonic devices like the method of loci work).
- Falkon1313 4y agoThat does matter! A Stanford study on brain computer interface implants found that 'mentally handwriting' instead of 'mentally typing' was more than twice as fast, in some cases over triple. Because of those different motions/patterns for each letter. >https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/05/software-turns-handwriting-thoughts-into-on-screen-text.html https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/05/software-turn...