For me this is true. I use the WSD method (Write Shiat Down) and I consistently remember more detail and finish assignments more efficiently than my counterparts who may use tablets or laptops for their note taking.

Research shows that writing notes with a pen helps the brain’s learning process: The pen is mightier than the keyboard

Inspired by previous studies that suggested long-hand Notetaking using a pen deepens the mind’s ability to retain and process information, cognitive neuropsychologists Audrey van der Meer and Ruud van der Weel carried out a two-month research project with students, which has since been peer-reviewed.

Their project aimed to find out whether notetaking by typing versus notetaking with a pen would bring about differences in brain activity, thereby affecting a student’s ability to learn.

Resembling something from a science-fiction movie, the researchers hooked students up to more than 250 sensors that monitored their brain signals, as they completed tasks involving typing and note-taking by hand.

The results found that when writing or drawing by hand, different parts of the brain were active and in different ways.

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