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by mandada 2096 days ago
I would also like to add that the notion that “because hand writing is more involved so you remember it better” doesn’t work for me. Hand writing is actually distracting because I don’t do it enough for it to be fluid so I focus more on the hand writing than what I’m thinking of and end up losing my train of thought. Typing on the other hand I’ve been doing since I was a kid ever since I became interested in computers and because it’s so natural and fluid I have an easier time putting thoughts down on paper and going down my train of thought.

Like you said, I think a better takeaway from this study is that you don’t remember what you don’t think about or engage with. I’m perfectly capable of not thinking about what I write and subsequently forgetting it just as much as this study claims only happens whe you type stuff out.