Writing by hand also improves memory and recall of words, laying down the foundations of literacy and learning. In adults, taking notes by hand during a lecture, instead of typing, can lead to ...

Writing by hand can be more beneficial for some children than others, he added. “Some kids maybe have fine motor issues, so handwriting will be a challenge for them,” Polikoff said.

Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor parts of the brain. A lot of senses are activated by pressing the pen on paper, seeing the letters you write and hearing the sound ...

I’ve even started writing letters by hand, something I’d gotten away from over the last several decades. I’m enjoying all of this writing, almost as if it were a brand new activity.

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On the second page the writing was fairly good, and there was the same stately march, which reminded one, when the oration was delivered, of the tread of an elephant.