Limitations of the dual-process-theory regarding the writing of words and non-words to dictation.
It is generally assumed that the lexical and phonological systems are involved in writing to dictation. In an experiment concerned with the writing of words and non-words to dictation, the handwriting of female students was registered using a digitising tablet. The data contradict the assumption that the phonological system represents an alexical process. Both words and non-words which were acoustically presented to the subjects were lexically parsed. The analysis of kinematic data revealed significant differences between the subjects' writing of words and non-words. The findings reveal gross disturbances of handwriting fluency during the writing of non-words. The findings of the experiment cannot be explained by the dual-process-theory.
Tucha
Oliver
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany. oliver.tucha@psychologie.uni-regensburg.de
Trumpp
Christian
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Lange
Klaus W
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D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*