Graphonomics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Graphonomics: Contemporary Research in Handwriting 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
Preface 6
Section One Motor Theory in Handwriting Research 14
Overview 16
Chapter 1 On the Simultaneous Processing of Words, Letters and Strokes in Handwriting: Evidence for a Mixed Linear and Parallel Model 18
Chapter 2 The Elementary Units of Programming in Handwriting 34
Chapter 3 The Influence of Changes in the Effector Coordinate System on Handwriting Movements 46
Chapter 4 Handwriting Pressure: Effects of Task Complexity, Control Mode and Orthographic Difference 60
Section Two Development and Learning of Handwriting Behaviour 80
Overview 82
Chapter 1 Movement Analysis of Repetitive Writing Behaviour of First, Second and Third Grade Primary School Children 84
Chapter 2 An Analysis of Children's Penholds 106
Chapter 3 Further Evidence on the Relationship between Form Errors in Preschool Printing and Early School Achievement 120
Chapter 4 Effects of Feedback Training on 'Normal' and Dysgraphic Students 134
Section Three Modelling and Analyses of Handwriting 146
Overview 148
Chapter 1 Understanding Cursive Script as a Trajectory Formation Paradigm 150
Chapter 2 Modelization of Handwriting: A System Approach 182
Chapter 3 An Adaptive System for Handwriting Recognition 198
Chapter 4 Extraction of the Analog Pentip Position, Velocity and Acceleration Signals from a Digitizer 212
Chapter 5 Human Recognition of Handprinted Characters and Distance Measurements 226
Chapter 6 On the Use and Limitations of Averaging Handwriting Signals 238
Section Four Memory and Cognitive Processes in Handwriting 252
Overview 254
Chapter 1 Dissociation of Motor Memory from Phonetic Memory: Its Effects on Slips of the Pen 256
Chapter 2 Between-letter Context Effects in Handwriting Trajectories 266
Chapter 3 Writing Time of Double-Character Chinese Words: Effects of Interrupting Writing Responses 286
Chapter 4 Attentional Resources Allocation Process in Different Modes of Handwriting Control 302
Chapter 5 Invariants in Handwriting: The information Contained in a Motor Program 318
Section Five Neural Bases to Handwriting Research 330
Overview 332
Chapter 1 Mirror Writing and the Development of Chinese Written Language 334
Chapter 2 The Acquisition of Visual Spatial Script 342
Chapter 3 Processing Chinese Logographs by Chinese Brain Damaged Patients 370
List of Authors 388
Appendices 394
I 2nd International Symposium on the Neural and Motor Aspects of Handwriting, July 8-12, 1985, Hong Kong 394
II International Graphonomics Society (IGS) 400
AuthorIndex 406
SubjectIndex 412