Does modifying visual feedback facilitate learning to write new pseudoletters?

Connan, Jean-François; Jover, Marianne; Saint-Cast, Alexandrine; Danna, Jérémy

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2022.103046

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“…Surprisingly, we found this increase in speed and fluency from the very first trial, probably because the partial deletion of the trace strongly changed the online control of the movement. A similar effect was also observed in a recent study involving the partial deletion of the trace (Connan et al, 2023) and in a study where supplementary real-time auditory feedback was provided . What these two strategies have in common is that they encourage writers to focus on the writing process from the very first attempt.…”

Section: Lp and Feedback Modulation During Trainingsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…The common interpretation was that the reduction in visual sensory information was compensated for by maximizing proprioceptive feedback (van Doorn & Keuss, 1992). As suggested by Connan et al (2023), when the trace was not visible, writers were less confident about the contact between the pen and the paper. They therefore pressed harder to increase the level of confidence related to this information.…”

Section: Effect Of Lp Training On Stylus Pressurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In our design, LP training precluded the presence of any writing surface, meaning that there was no tactile-kinesthetic information related to the writing surface (friction force) during the training phase. Finally, going back to the proprioceptive compensation hypothesis (Connan et al, 2023;van Doorn & Keuss, 1992), we might also assume that the modification in visual feedback that informed our writers about their movement speed (i.e., lengths of luminous trails varied according to velocity) was accompanied by a provision of kinesthetic information that overrode the somatosensory channel. More experiments are needed to disentangle these variant sensory mechanisms that may explain our discrepant pen pressure findings.…”

Section: Effect Of Lp Training On Stylus Pressurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Obviously, care must be taken to ensure that the removal of visual feedback does not impair their performance, especially in younger children for whom visual feedback is very important (Chartrel & Vinter, 2006). Another perspective is to adapt LP to a digital tablet to allow more efficient control of the setup while still benefiting of the effect of FB modification (e.g., Connan et al, 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In our study, to control for this developmental variable, we studied adults and presented a more difficult task in which they had to write unknown characters with their non-dominant hands. A similar procedure has already been proposed in handwriting (Connan et al, 2021(Connan et al, , 2023. The use of the non-dominant hand in a learning task for unknown characters in adults allows a sufficiently large margin of progression to observe a learning curve, with post-effects transferable to a post-test.…”

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Learning to write relies on the effective integration of sensory feedback and a transition from motor control based on written tracings to motor control based on expert writing movements. This study aimed to test whether the photographic technique of light painting (LP) would facilitate this transition. To achieve this, we conducted two experiments using different LP setups. LP involves moving a light source in a dark environment while taking a long-exposure photograph. LP entails both a real-time reduction of product-related visual information and a post-trial addition of process-related visual information. In the first experiment, we conducted a pre-test, training, and post-test in which 16 adults wrote four new characters with the non-dominant hand. During the training sessions, participants stood and wrote in a vertical frame (1 × 1.2 m) two characters in the control condition (with a marker on the vertical support) and two characters in the LP condition (with a flashlight in the air). In the test phases, participants were seated at a table and copied the four characters into a square (4 cm * 4 cm) on a fixed sheet of graphics paper. As in-air writing strongly differs from classical handwriting situations, we performed a second LP experiment. The aim was to implement LP training in a condition closer to writing. Sixteen new participants followed the same protocol but sat at a table and wrote in a horizontal square (20 cm * 20 cm). In both experiments, participants who trained with the LP method wrote faster and with less pressure than those trained in the control condition. We also observed an improvement in spatial accuracy in Experiment 2, whatever the training condition. LP seemed to have led participants to focus on the writing process, probably because it modified the nature and timing of the visual information used for writing. LP may be a promising technique for remediating writing difficulties.

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Section: Lp and Feedback Modulation During Trainingsupporting

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Section: Effect Of Lp Training On Stylus Pressurementioning

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Section: Effect Of Lp Training On Stylus Pressurementioning

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Handwriting is a determining factor for academic success and autonomy for all children. Making knowledge accessible to all is a challenge in the context of inclusive education. Given the neurodevelopmental diversity within a classroom of children, ensuring that the handwriting of all pupils progresses is very demanding for education professionals. The development of tools that can take into account the variability of the profiles and learning abilities of children with handwriting difficulties offers a new potential for the development of specific and adapted remediation strategies. This narrative review aims to present and discuss the challenges of handwriting learning and the opportunities offered by new technologies involving AI for school and health professionals to successfully improve the handwriting skills of all children.

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Does modifying visual feedback facilitate learning to write new pseudoletters?

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