Why handwriting is still important in the age of tech
9 Apr 2021
Don’t knock longhand: Using pen and paper to make notes instead of a digital device may help your brain retain the information better, two studies suggest. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
The world is becoming digital, for our convenience, but researchers have found that longhand note-taking triggers more brain activity than using your digital device keyboard or stylus pen.
Using pen and paper allows the brain to summarise information in a way that is understandable to an individual, while using a keyboard tempts the brain to record information as received, the University of Tokyo found in a recent study.
The internet can be incredibly divisive, with very little in between.
People go left or they go right, they go extreme or they go impartial, they connect on deep levels or they go deathly quiet.
This was the case with the death of an elderly man in Oslo, Norway (pictured above), who lay in his flat for around nine years before being found last December.
This ‘special case’ is making everyone think about the role technology plays in keeping people connected.
State broadcaster NRK reported that the man, who was in his 60s, did have people in his life, having been married a few times with kids, but no one reported him missing.