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Wow. Junk science indeed. "Unforeseen effects on the brain" so you essentially test in a way that is incomparable to those who are experienced typists? If you'
by LocalH 2y ago
Wow. Junk science indeed. "Unforeseen effects on the brain" so you essentially test in a way that is incomparable to those who are experienced typists?
If you're only using one finger to type, of course you're using less brain activity to control that one finger, versus all ten.
I'm unable to read the actual paper, but from the comments here, it sure seems like they worked backwards from an existing premise ("handwriting is better than typing for retaining information") and found a way to make that "truth".
Edit: Missed the link to the article in the comments. Reading it now.
- Forge36 2y agoThey give a recommendation for education, but didn't measure retention. I agree with their premise provided students don't know how to touch type (given the anecdotal amount of visual typing I've seen a reason concern for students) it's also interesting that it's cursive, which is being taught less.