Effect of Handwriting on Visual Word Recognition in Chinese Bilingual Children and Adults.

ABSTRACT: In a digital era that neglects handwriting, the current study is significant because it examines the mechanisms underlying this process. We recruited 9- to 10-year-old Chinese children (n = 24), who were at an important period of handwriting development, and adult college students (n = 24), for both behavioral and electroencephalogram (EEG) experiments. We designed four learning conditions: handwriting Chinese (HC), viewing Chinese (VC), drawing shapes followed by Chinese recognition (DC), and drawing shapes followed by English recognition (DE). Both behavioral and EEG results showed that HC facilitated visual word recognition compared to VC, and behavioral results showed that HC facilitated visual word recognition compared to drawing shapes. HC and VC resulted in a lateraliz

SUBMITTER: Guan CQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8194694 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature