Handwriting data collection

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The handwriting app developed has been used in the following studies:


  • Lau, D.K.Y., Liang, Y., Nguyen, H.A. (2022). Measuring Orthographic Knowledge of L2 Chinese Learners in Vietnam Using a Handwriting Task – A Preliminary Report. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:784019. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.784019.

  • Lau, D.K.Y. (2020). Orthographic and phonological processing in Chinese character copying – a preliminary report. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2122. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02122

  • Lau, D.K.Y. (2020). Validation of constituent logographemes and radicals in Chinese characters using handwriting data. Behavior Research Methods, 52, 305-316. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-019-01227-z

  • Lau, D.K.Y., & Yuen, C.T. (2019). Representations of grapho-motor patterns unique to Chinese character writing: evidence from a patient with mirror writing. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 33(10-11), 1031-1049. DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2019.1602788

  • Lau, D.K.Y. (2019). Grain size units of Chinese handwriting: development and disorder. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 33(9), 869-884. DOI:10.1080/02699206.2019.1584723

  • Lau, D.K.Y. & Ma, K.H.W. (2018). A Phonetic Radical Account of the Phonology-to-Orthography Consistency Effect on Writing Chinese Characters: Evidence from a Chinese Dysgraphic Patient. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 35(4), 1-12. DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2018.1510387.