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None of these counterpoints invalidate the overall findings of the study — that handwriting notes leads to better retention — but they do add necessary context.

She thinks this might be the key to their findings: Take notes by hand, and you have to process information as well as write it down. That initial selectivity leads to long-term comprehension.

The Norwegian study asked 36 college students in their early 20s to write words from the game Pictionary using either a digital pen on a touchscreen or typing on a keyboard. The participants wore ...

Students who handwrite their notes write significantly fewer words, the new study shows. In the research trial, students who took their notes longhand wrote on average of 173 words compared to ...