Computers and Phones Have Become the Go-To Note-Taking Method for Many. But Your Brain Benefits From an Old-Fashioned Pen and Paper.
18th November 2020
Researchers have found that note-taking associated with keyboarding involves taking notes verbatim in a way that does not involve processing information, and so have called this “non-generative” note-taking. By contrast, taking notes by hand involves cognitive engagement in summarising, paraphrasing, organising, concept and vocabulary mapping — in short, manipulating and transforming information that leads to deeper understanding.
Sometimes the old ways are best.