Handwriting versus keyboard writing: Effect on word recall

Journal of Writing Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 227-247

  Mangen, Anne ^a   Andal, Liss G ^b   Oxborough, Gunn H ^a   Bronnick, Kolbjorn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Educational implications of digitization; Embodied cognition; Ergonomics of writing; Handwriting; Keyboard writing; Word memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944328829     PISSN: 20301006     EISSN: 22943307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17239/jowr-2015.07.02.1     Document Type: Article

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