Righting errors in writing errors: the Wing and Baddeley (1980) spelling error corpus revisited.
We present a new analysis of our previously published corpus of handwriting errors (slips) using the proportional allocation algorithm of Machtynger and Shallice (2009). As previously, the proportion of slips is greater in the middle of the word than at the ends, however, in contrast to before, the proportion is greater at the end than at the beginning of the word. The findings are consistent with the hypothesis of memory effects in a graphemic output buffer.
Wing
Alan M
AM
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. a.m.wing@bham.ac.uk
Baddeley
Alan D
AD
D000465:Algorithms; D006236:Handwriting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008568:Memory; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012107:Research Design; D014705:Verbal Behavior