The interaction between spelling and handwriting across the life span
Writing production involves linguistic (spelling) and motor (handwriting) processes. Growing evidence suggests that handwriting may be initiated before orthographic representations have been fully processed, leading to a certain level of influence between spelling and handwriting. However, some levels of linguistic processing have been observed to produce more consistent effects in motor processes than other. Although several studies have found that the sublexical route of spelling has an effect on handwriting movements, the impact of lexical variables on motor processes during writing is less clear. In this talk I will present evidence obtained in several studies supporting the hypothesis that lexical variables affect writing durations only during writing acquisition, while sublexical information seems to consistently affect motor processes throughout the development. Results obtained with children, young adults and older adults seem to suggest that lexical influence on peripheral processes diminishes to eventually disappear at some point in development, presumably when the handwriting system becomes an autonomous system. This evidence is discussed in relation to previous studies addressing the interaction between linguistic and motor processes during handwriting.
Date:
30 January 2018, 15:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2018)
Venue:
Ewert House, Summertown OX2 7DD
Venue Details:
Ewert House, Ewert Place, Seminar Room 6 (first floor), OX2 7SG
Speaker:
Dr Olivia Afonso (Oxford Brookes)
Organising department:
Department of Experimental Psychology
Organiser:
Dr Karla Holmboe (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
karla.holmboe@psy.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Ascen Pagancamacho (University of Oxford )
Part of:
Department of Experimental Psychology - Language & Development Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Janice Young,
Amaroa Wyatt
