The study ricocheted around the world. 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 ...

I’m enjoying taking handwritten notes more than in the past – which has made me less likely to grab my keyboard and more likely to simply jot down a note or use Scribble in text fields. Smart Script ...

Handwriting activated far more widespread and interconnected brain networks than typing, particularly in the theta (3.5–7.5 Hz) and alpha (8–12.5 Hz) frequency bands.

Some classrooms have begun teaching students handwriting on iPads and iPods ... A 2014 study from UCLA, titled The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard, found exactly that. It studied laptop use ...