BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Paseo Mikeletegi 69, 2º, 20009, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
Cogn Res Princ Implic. 2022 Aug 5;7(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s41235-022-00424-3.
Typing has become a pervasive mode of language production worldwide, with keyboards fully integrated in a large part of many daily activities. The bulk of the literature on typing expertise concerns highly trained professional touch-typists, but contemporary typing skills mostly result from unconstrained sustained practice. We measured the typing performance of a large cohort of 1301 university students through an online platform and followed a preregistered plan to analyse performance distributions, practice factors, and cognitive variables. The results suggest that the standard model with a sharp distinction between novice and expert typists may be inaccurate to account for the performance of the current generation of young typists. More generally, this study shows how the mere frequent use of a new tool can lead to the incidental development of high expertise.
打字已经成为全球范围内普遍的语言生成方式，键盘在许多日常活动中得到了充分的整合。大量关于打字技能的文献都涉及到经过高度训练的专业打字员，但现代打字技能主要源于不受限制的持续练习。我们通过在线平台测量了 1301 名大学生的打字表现，并按照预先注册的计划分析了表现分布、练习因素和认知变量。结果表明，标准模型中新手和专家打字员之间的明显区别可能不准确，无法解释当前年轻一代打字员的表现。更一般地说，这项研究展示了仅仅频繁使用新工具如何导致意外地发展出高度的专业技能。
