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- Title
Execution and pauses in writing narratives: Processing time, cognitive effort and typing skill.
- Authors
Alves, Rui Alexandre; Castro, São Luís; Olive, Thierry
- Abstract
At the behavioural level, the activity of a writer can be described as periods of typing separated by pauses. Although some studies have been concerned with the functions of pauses, few have investigated motor execution periods. Precise estimates of the distribution of writing processes, and their cognitive demands, across periods of typing and pauses are lacking. Furthermore, it is uncertain how typing skill affects these aspects of writing. We addressed these issues, selecting writers of low and high typing skill who performed dictation and composition tasks. The occurrences of writing processes were assessed through directed verbalization, and their cognitive demands were measured through interference in reaction times (IRT)...
- Subjects
AUTHORS; NARRATIVES; CAESURA in versification; TYPEWRITING; COMPOSITION (Language arts)
- Publication
International Journal of Psychology, 2008, Vol 43, Issue 6, p969
- ISSN
0020-7594
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/00207590701398951