A new study reveals why, for professional typists, the act of typing is almost an automaton
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"The hands know when the hands make an error, even when the mind does not," he said.
Logan and co-author Matthew Crump had skilled typists type in words that appeared on the screen and then report whether or not they had made any errors.
Using a computer program they created, the researchers either randomly inserted errors that the user had not made or corrected errors the user had made.
They also timed the typists' typing speed, looking for the slowdown that is known to occur when one hits the wrong key. They then asked the typists to evaluate their overall performance.
The researchers found the typists generally took the blame for the errors the program had inserted and took the credit for mistakes the computer had corrected.
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"This suggests that error detection can occur on a voluntary and involuntary basis," Crump, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology, said.
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"The tool will also allow a better understanding of how these different processes work together."
The research was published in the Oct. 29 issue of Science.
Source-ANI