Handwriting notes in class might seem like an anachronism as smartphones and other digital technology subsume every aspect of learning across schools and universities. But a steady stream of ...

That’s why I still take notes in a notebook even though I can hardly read my chicken scratch. Yet earlier this month, the same academic journal published a scathing rebuttal to the handwriting ...

Students are more likely to type out notes in class than write them down ... A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that handwriting stimulates different and more complex brain connections ...

"If you take notes by hand, you can't write everything down," she says. The relative slowness of the medium forces you to process the information, writing key words or phrases and using drawing or ...

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 ...

Hint: you may want to take a step away from the computer. Typing notes on a computer is now more popular than handwriting in schools and universities. There are several benefits to keyboard typing ...

Months later, in a meeting at her first job, Attah tried taking notes by hand. “It was incredibly uncomfortable,” said Attah, a brand marketing executive in Southampton, England. Handwriting ...

but they're especially perfect for note-taking. These devices are a digital alternative to pen and paper, making it easier than ever for students and professionals to write down everything they ...

I began the task of assembling a "dad's uppercase" dataset. It's worth taking a slight detour here to note that automated handwriting inventions stretch back at least to the 1700s, the age of ...

Since her retirement, an old family friend has begun visually journaling her travels. She isn’t an "artist," but that doesn’t diminish her joy in capturing her experiences or the authenticity ...

Almost 200 news stories promoted the idea that we remember things better when we write them down by hand instead of typing. It confirmed what many of us instinctively feel. That’s why I still take ...