The impact of the QWERTY keyboard
A keyboard's arrangement could have an impact on how we think about the words we type.
The QWERTY keyboard may attach more positive meanings to words with more letters on the right side of the layout. Letter combinations that fall on the right side of the keyboard are easier to type, lending a positive meaning.
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