Neuroscientists Say Don鈥檛 Write Off Handwriting
Brain scans reveal crucial reading circuitry flickering to life when young readers print letters and then read them. The effect largely disappears when letters are typed or traced.
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Go to My Saved Content.We look at two studies which compare handwriting to typing鈥攂oth conclude that handwriting聽taps聽into brain networks associated with deeper learning.聽That doesn鈥檛 mean we should toss out our keyboards, though. Kids with processing disabilities like dysgraphia or dyslexia often benefit from computer technology, and all kids need to develop digital skills.
To dig deeper into the research cited in the video, see Eva Ose Askvik, F. R. (Ruud) van der Weel, and Audrey L. H. van der Meer鈥檚 and Karin H. James and Laura Engelhardt鈥檚 .
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