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<p>Typing is a ubiquitous daily action for many individuals; yet, research on how these actions have changed our perception of language is limited. One such influence, deemed the QWERTY effect, is an increase in valence ratings for words typed more with the right hand on a traditional keyboard (Jasmin &amp; Casasanto, 2012). Although this finding is intuitively appealing given both right-handed dominance and the smaller number of letters typed with the right hand, an extension and replication of the right-side advantage is warranted. The present paper re-examined the QWERTY effect expanding to other embodied cognition variables (Barsalou, 1999). First, we found that the right-side advantage is replicable to new valence stimuli. Further, when examining expertise, right-side advantage interacted with typing speed and typeability (i.e., alternating hand key presses or finger switches), portraying that both skill and procedural actions play a role in judgment of valence on words.</p>
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Typing is a ubiquitous daily action for many individuals; yet, research on how these actions have changed our perception of language is limited. One such influence, deemed the QWERTY effect, is an increase in valence ratings for words typed more with the right hand on a traditional keyboard (Jasmin & Casasanto, 2012). Although this finding is intuitively appealing given both right-handed dominance and the smaller number of letters typed with the right hand, an extension and replication of the right-side advantage is warranted. The present paper re-examined the QWERTY effect expanding to other embodied cognition variables (Barsalou, 1999). First, we found that the right-side advantage is replicable to new valence stimuli. Further, when examining expertise, right-side advantage interacted with typing speed and typeability (i.e., alternating hand key presses or finger switches), portraying that both skill and procedural actions play a role in judgment of valence on words.

An extension of the QWERTY effect: Not just the right hand, expertise and typeability predict valence ratings of words

Analytics, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Typing is a ubiquitous daily action for many individuals; yet, research on how these actions have changed our perception of language is limited. One such...

An extension of the QWERTY effect: Not just the right hand, expertise and typeability predict valence ratings of words

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 85 - 101

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2022-0005

Keywords
expertise, embodied cognition, valence, QWERTY effect

© 2022 Erin M. Buchanan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

An extension of the QWERTY effect: Not just the right hand, expertise and typeability predict valence ratings of words

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 85 - 101

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2022-0005

Keywordsexpertise, embodied cognition, valence, QWERTY effect

© 2022 Erin M. Buchanan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
expertise, embodied cognition, valence, QWERTY effect