For anyone looking to keep their mind sharp with age, science offers an unexpectedly low-tech suggestion: pick up a pen. A review of brain imaging studies found that handwriting activates a broader ...

If you're like many digitally savvy Americans, it has likely been a while since you've spent much time writing by hand. The laborious process of tracing out our thoughts, letter by letter, on the page ...

The only sound coming from Kasey Kuiken's third grade classroom on an average weekday morning is that of keys clicking as her students practice typing. Sioux Falls and metro area schools in recent ...

Writing by hand is linked to higher brain connectivity than writing with a keyboard. The corresponding study was published in Frontiers. In the current study, researchers compared brain connectivity ...

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When it comes to taking notes, new research indicates that writing by hand may stimulate the brain more than typing. Handwriting was found to be better for learning and memory in comparison to typing ...

Almost all my writing is on a keyboard – typing on my laptop or tablet, or phone. I write by hand only occasionally these days; jotting a quick reminder on a scratch pad, or making notes during a call ...

New research has analyzed brainwave patterns in both children and young adults while they wrote by hand and as they typed on a keyboard. The results revealed distinctly different brain patterns ...

It might be time to put down your Mac and pick up a Bic. The handwriting is on the wall, and it's looking better than the typing. Researchers at Princeton University and the University of California ...

When our sole method of communication is typing on keyboards, it’s rare to see anyone’s penmanship these days. I don’t know about you, but I love looking at different people’s handwriting. Not ...