Typing on a keyboard (hardware or virtual) might be quicker than writing things out with pen and paper, but for learning and long-term memory, handwriting trumps the keyboard. The Wall Street Journal ...

Most of us take notes be cause we think doing so will help us remember what we're learning. Most of us take notes be cause we think doing so will help us remember what we're learning. In experiments, ...

Using your smartphone to keep notes and set alarms and reminders could help improve your memory skills rather than erode them, a study has found. Experts previously worried that over-reliance on ...

All of my notes are in blue ink because writing in blue ink is supposed to help with remembering information. I don’t really know if that’s true, but I write in blue ink anyway. Maybe it’s a myth, ...

Jurors who are allowed to take and review notes during court trials are less likely to forget critical evidence, a new study has found. This finding has important implications for justice, as jurors ...