Yep, that's why it's best to learn a new language by WRITING it out rather than listening to it or doing typing exercises.
This isn't to say you cannot learn new language pathways through typing/audio, it's just that you build the myelination process much quicker through writing for all the reasons named in the study.
You're connecting the idiosyncratic nature of the symbol with the idea it represents in an actual tangible way.
Obviously, typing is better for quickly getting thoughts out, but writing is far superior for building the foundations for mimetic libraries and recurring thought patterns.
Reading this now, fascinating. I'll probably have some stupid shit to say later, but I wanted to express appreciation for posting an actual source instead of some cropped twitter screencap or the like, as happens most of the time.
Edit: found my stupid shit to add in.
Also read the linked commentary article, which critiques the methodology, sample population, and some of the conclusions drawn:
In VWVM2024, participants were instructed to type using only their right index finger, making the typing condition quite different from typical typing.
"Oh look, when we force people to type like retards they end up displaying the brain patterns of retards. Handwriting is therefore superior."
I hate the total lack of standards in academia these days.
Man. I hate handwriting. Not that I can't do it. It's just always hard to keep it consistent and neat, even with lined paper. Typing is so clean and efficient.
I guess I better force myself to do it more anyway. It's always the stuff you hate the most that's healthiest for you. Go figure....
I have way too much scratch paper to care about neatness. These days I'm more concerned about an idea being gone forever the moment I don't jot it down, and that usually means the notepad on my desk.
Now, if said idea needs fleshing out or elaboration, then I'll type it in Notepad.
I swear to god legal pads have become the page file for my brain. Anytime I need to think through something I just start scribbling stream of consciousness to paper.
Yep, that's why it's best to learn a new language by WRITING it out rather than listening to it or doing typing exercises.
This isn't to say you cannot learn new language pathways through typing/audio, it's just that you build the myelination process much quicker through writing for all the reasons named in the study.
You're connecting the idiosyncratic nature of the symbol with the idea it represents in an actual tangible way.
Obviously, typing is better for quickly getting thoughts out, but writing is far superior for building the foundations for mimetic libraries and recurring thought patterns.
This explains why I always want to write things down, either back in school or now in my professional life. Info sticks better if I put pen to paper.
Reading this now, fascinating. I'll probably have some stupid shit to say later, but I wanted to express appreciation for posting an actual source instead of some cropped twitter screencap or the like, as happens most of the time.
Edit: found my stupid shit to add in.
Also read the linked commentary article, which critiques the methodology, sample population, and some of the conclusions drawn:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1517235/full
"Oh look, when we force people to type like retards they end up displaying the brain patterns of retards. Handwriting is therefore superior."
I hate the total lack of standards in academia these days.
Make it equivalent! They must tape a pencil to the top of their right index finger, and write using waving it around as a method.
Way better than OP being a faggot and only posting the archive.
This is why taking notes during class lecture works so well to help learn the material. It took me years to learn this lesson in college.
I never even consulted them later; I just wrote down whatever seemed important at the time and I guess it all stuck.
Man. I hate handwriting. Not that I can't do it. It's just always hard to keep it consistent and neat, even with lined paper. Typing is so clean and efficient.
I guess I better force myself to do it more anyway. It's always the stuff you hate the most that's healthiest for you. Go figure....
I have way too much scratch paper to care about neatness. These days I'm more concerned about an idea being gone forever the moment I don't jot it down, and that usually means the notepad on my desk.
Now, if said idea needs fleshing out or elaboration, then I'll type it in Notepad.
I swear to god legal pads have become the page file for my brain. Anytime I need to think through something I just start scribbling stream of consciousness to paper.