PMID- 27085840
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161222
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1873-6297 (Electronic)
IS  - 0001-6918 (Linking)
VI  - 167
DP  - 2016 Jun
TI  - Two thumbs and one index: A comparison of manual coordination in touch-typing and 
      mobile-typing.
PG  - 16-23
LID - S0001-6918(16)30051-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.03.007 [doi]
AB  - It has been extensively demonstrated that in touch-typing, manual alternation is 
      performed faster than manual repetition (see i.e. Rumelhart & Norman, 1982), due 
      to parallel activation of successive keystrokes. In this experiment, we tested 
      whether the manual coordination patterns typical of touch-typing can be observed 
      in mobile-typing. We recruited skilled touch-typists and divided them into two 
      groups depending on their typing habits on the mobile device. The "one-hand" 
      group typed with one index finger on the mobile, and therefore produced words 
      exclusively through manual repetition. The "two-hands" group used two thumbs, and 
      therefore produced words through a combination of mobile-typing repetitions and 
      alternations. The two groups were tested in a typing to dictation task with both 
      a standard keyboard and a mobile keyboard. Results showed that manual alternation 
      and manual repetition patterns are similar in touch-typing and in mobile-typing. 
      For the "two-hands" group, the mean interkeystroke intervals (IKIs) for 
      touch-typing decreased as manual alterations in words increased in both touch- 
      and mobile-typing. The "one-hand" group showed an opposite pattern in 
      mobile-typing. Bigram frequency was correlated with IKIs per bigrams in both 
      tasks and groups, but the correlation for the "one-hand" group in mobile-typing 
      was different. Our results suggest that manual coordination processes are the 
      same in touch-typing and in mobile-typing despite different effectors, provided 
      that both hands are used to type.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Cerni, Tania
AU  - Cerni T
AD  - Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Corso 
      Bettini, 31, 38068 Rovereto, Italy. Electronic address: tania.cerni@gmail.com.
FAU - Longcamp, Marieke
AU  - Longcamp M
AD  - Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, UMR 7291 CNRS, CNRS - Aix-Marseille 
      Universite - Federation de recherche 3 C, Brain and Language Research Institute, 
      FR 3512 Centre Saint-Charles, Case C, 3 place Victor Hugo, 13331 Marseille Cedex 
      3, France. Electronic address: marieke.longcamp@univ-amu.fr.
FAU - Job, Remo
AU  - Job R
AD  - Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Corso 
      Bettini, 31, 38068 Rovereto, Italy. Electronic address: remo.job@unitn.it.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160414
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Acta Psychol (Amst)
JT  - Acta psychologica
JID - 0370366
SB  - IM
EIN - Acta Psychol (Amst). 2020 Apr;205:103045. PMID: 32151336
MH  - Adult
MH  - Biomechanical Phenomena
MH  - Equipment Design
MH  - Female
MH  - Fingers/*physiology
MH  - Hand/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Task Performance and Analysis
MH  - Text Messaging/*instrumentation
MH  - Thumb/*physiology
MH  - *Touch
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bimanual coordination
OT  - Mobile-typing
OT  - Peripheral processes
OT  - Touch-typing
EDAT- 2016/04/18 06:00
MHDA- 2016/12/23 06:00
CRDT- 2016/04/18 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/03/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/03/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/04/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/04/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0001-6918(16)30051-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.03.007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Psychol (Amst). 2016 Jun;167:16-23. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.03.007. Epub 
      2016 Apr 14.