SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: SIGIA-L: The Social Life of Paper
Re: SIGIA-L: The Social Life of Paper
From: David Hunter (dhunter5_at_nyc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 13:25:38 EST
I can't image that typing speed would make a difference because typing (at
least for accomplished typists) is a different kind of mental process,
drawing on what, I think, is referred to as "somatic memory," (correct me if
I'm wrong on this). In other words, with a good amount of practice, it's
your fingers that are doing most of the cognitive work, and your concious
mind needn't be too involved. In my own experience, I worked my way through
college as a secretary for a professor, typing up notes and letters for him,
which I really wouldn't even "read" at all, though they were typed just
fine.
If anybody could clarify the phenomenon I'm referring to, it would be
appreciated.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew McNaughton" <andrew_at_scoop.co.nz>
To: "BATTRICK,ROBIN (HP-Corvallis,ex1)" <robin_battrick_at_hp.com>
Cc: "'IA SIG '" <sigia-l_at_asis.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:43 PM
Subject: RE: SIGIA-L: The Social Life of Paper
>
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, BATTRICK,ROBIN (HP-Corvallis,ex1) wrote:
>
> > I still take copious handwritten notes, and only occassionally re-read
them.
> > The process of writing them by hand works much better than typing to
firmly
> > plant them in my memory...
>
> But does it work better than typing *slowly*?
>
> Andrew
>
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