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September 6, 2025 at 7:34 am #2963

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The Art of Manliness website published the following article (well, snippet) recently, in case you were interested:

Boosts your memory through encoding.

If there is one scientifically-proven and replicable benefit of manual writing, it’s this: when you write something by hand you can improve your memory, and therefore your ability to recall information, through the process of encoding.

There are a number of factors at play here, but the gist is that writing manually uses far more brain processing systems than typing. You’re physically coordinating your brain and hand in a deeper way; you’re forced to organize information more concisely (more on that below); you have to actually think a little harder to write something with your hand versus on a keyboard or screen. All of this leads to the information coming out of your writing utensil being encoded on a deeper level into your memory. When you type, it’s almost like the information is simply using your body as a conduit for being transferred onto a screen; when you write, the information is actually being stored and processed for later use and recall.

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And the rest of the article’s there…

Pretty sure that I already knew/understood a bunch of these benefits; just sharin’ the info, fwiw.
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