A new study from Vanderbilt University has found that those who learn their own style of typing opposed to the standard "touch-typing" method are about 10% slower when they type. The study looked at ...

Handwriting requires concentration, which means your brain is switched on in a way that allows it to learn better. The same can't be said of typing on a keyboard or screen, researchers say. Mohssen ...

Texting speeds are now catching up on keyboard typing speeds, according to a new study. Two-thumb texters clocked in an average of 38 words per minute compared to the 51 words per minute on keyboards.

New research has analyzed brainwave patterns in both children and young adults while they wrote by hand and as they typed on a keyboard. The results revealed distinctly different brain patterns ...

The largest experiment to date on mobile typing sheds new light on average performance of touchscreen typing and factors impacting the text input speed. Researchers analyzed the typing speed of tens ...

• Handwriting can help people better understand untrained tasks compared to other forms of note-gathering. • The brain works differently when comprehending handwriting. • Cursive handwriting (script) ...

It looks like people are getting pretty good at typing on their phones. A new study claims that typing speeds are now nearly as fast on phones as on traditional computer keyboards. The researchers had ...

Get those index fingers off your screen. By Heather Murphy For many of us, our approach to typing on a smartphone is something we stumble upon. Unlike composing words on a typewriter or computer ...

Meghan Walbert is Lifehacker’s Managing Editor. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a graduate certificate in nonprofit leadership and management from Arizona ...