The right type of words: Words spelled on right side of keyboards lead to more positive emotions
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 17:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Words spelled with more letters on the right of the keyboard are associated with more positive emotions than words spelled with more letters on the left, according to new research by cognitive scientists. Their work shows, for the first time, that there is a link between the meaning of words and the way they are typed -- a relationship they call the QWERTY effect.
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