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Book cover Cognitive Aspects of Skilled Typewriting

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Since the act of typewriting involves such a close relationship between machine and human operator, the history and design features of the machine itself will be considered here as a prerequisite to a discussion of psychological issues. Like many complex inventions of the Industrial Revolution, the typewriter was developed over a lengthy period by numerous individuals working in diverse geographical areas. Its early history and contemporary development represent a truly international effort, combining the talents of man-machine engineering and business acumen.

Like a musical instrument, the typewriter is passive, and until played upon by the human hand it is useless.

—William Allen Gilbert (1930, p. 89)

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  2. Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    William E. Cooper

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Cooper, W.E. (1983). Introduction. In: Cooper, W.E. (eds) Cognitive Aspects of Skilled Typewriting. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5470-6_1

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