Previous research indicates that writing practice may be more beneficial than nonmotor
practice for letter learning. Here, we report a training study comparing typing, visual, and …

Students on pedagogical degree courses have grown up with technology and are
considered millennials, meaning it is pertinent to describe some aspects of their digital …

Digital technology has proven a beguiling, some even venture addictive, presence in the
lives of our 21st century (millennial) students. And while screen technology may offer select …

In this paper, we examine the role of materiality in human cognition. We address issues such
as the ways in which brain functions may change in response to interactions with material …

How can linguistics help teachers of English language learners (ELLs) improve their
instruction? What specific competencies do ELLs need to build in order to speak, listen …

The future of books and libraries is put into question by the increasing popularity of e-books
and the use of computers as text platforms. In an effort to anticipate which reading platform …

Previous discussions of the origins of writing in the Ancient Near East have not incorporated
the neuroscience of literacy, which suggests that when southern Mesopotamians wrote …

The first critical study of writing without language In recent years, asemic writing—writing
without language—has exploded in popularity, with anthologies, a large-scale art exhibition …

The rise of the digital era has led to a decline in handwriting as the primary mode of
communication, resulting in negative effects on handwriting literacy, particularly in complex …

This inquiry seeks to understand how the original form of writing in Mesopotamia—the small
pictures and conventions of protocuneiform—became cuneiform, a script that could not be …