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A new study from the University of Tokyo concludes that writing with a stylus or typing on a touchscreen keyboard just isn’t the same as handwriting. “Our take-home message is to use paper notebooks ...

Back in the day, children spent a lot of time memorizing dates, figures, and formulas. Then the internet came along and made that seem quaint. I memorized “in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue” back ...

March 19 (UPI) --Writing on paper, instead of on a tablet or smart phone, boosted the brain activity of a group of Japanese university students when they tried to recall information they'd learned an ...

Writing by hand: Neuroscientists Say This One Old-School Habit Can Boost Your Brain in Just 15 Minutes a Day In an era dominated by keyboards, voice notes and AI-generated text, one surprisingly ...

A recent side-by-side comparison of analog paper notebooks vs. mobile digital devices used fMRI neuroimaging to identify specific brain activation differences during memory retrieval. Analog notebook ...