So, if the point of writing something down is to help you remember, take those notes using handwriting. The most obvious use case for this is taking notes during class. But it applies even if you ...

New research published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology suggests that handwriting helps children learn to read more effectively than typing. In an experiment with 5-year-old prereaders, ...

Writing by hand also improves memory and recall of words, laying down the foundations of literacy and learning. In adults, taking notes by hand during a lecture, instead of typing, can lead to ...

“When you’re writing the word ‘the,’ the actual movements of the hand relate to the structures of the word to some extent,” says Sivashankar, who was not involved in the new study.

Handwriting may be better for learning and memory than typing, according to a new study involving university students. Researchers say this is because writing by hand, which forces people to pay ...

Help raise that number, ... She suggests that writing by hand is a neurobiologically richer process and that this richness may confer some cognitive benefits. Support for LAist comes from.