Fact · Typing and writing speed
In the Giancardo study, participants typed a folk tale on their own computer as they normally would at home, and were free to correct mistakes.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The subjects were instructed to type as they normally would do at home and they were left free to correct typing mistakes only if they want”
Computer keyboard interaction as an indicator of early Parkinson's disease, Luca Giancardo et al., Scientific Reports, 2016, Methods, Data collection.
Open the original (DOI 10.1038/srep34468)- What it measures
- The participants typed a folk tale, chosen so that no text repeated for the same person, to limit learning effects from repeated content.
- What it does not show
- A single session of typing, not months of monitoring; daily variation in typing was not tested here.