Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand? – podcast | Schools | The Guardian
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## Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand? – podcast

 

We are far more likely to use our hands to type or swipe than pick up a pen. But in the process we are in danger of losing cognitive skills, sensory experience – and a connection to history

By Christine Rosen. Read by Laurel Lefkow

*   _This is an edited extract from The Extinction of Experience: Reclaiming Our Humanity in a Digital World, published by the Bodley Head_
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Written by Christine Rosen and read by Laurel Lefkow. Produced by . The executive producer was 

Mon 10 Mar 2025 01.00 EDT

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