Direction of writing determines reversal of letters and digits

What is it about?

On pourrait croire que les enfants, qui inversent beaucoup les lettres et chiffres orientés vers la gauche (1, 2, 3, 7, 9, J, Z), les tournent vers la droite. Mais il est plus juste, et plus général, de dire qu'ils les tournent dans la direction de l'écriture de leur culture (qui est de gauche à droite dans le monde occidental).

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Why is it important?

Typically developing 5- to 6-year-olds may be thought to turn letters and digits to the right, reversing left-oriented characters (1, 2, 3, 7, 9, J, Z). But when the constraints of the situation require them to write from right to left, they reverse the right-oriented characters! This has led to the rejection of the theory that children have statistically noticed that the majority of letters face to the right and therefore orient them always to the right (when they don't know the orientation). For more information, see Fischer's pdf book: Children's mirror writing: a comprehensive story (https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03897628). Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)