Physically writing in notebooks engages the brain more actively than using smartphones or tablets, according to a team from the University of Tokyo in Japan.
People showed higher brain activity when remembering about schedules they wrote down on paper than those who used their electronic devices, as per Jiji Press via The Japan Timeson March 28.
In the researchers’ experiment, 48 people aged 18 to 29 were divided into three groups: users of notebooks, users of tablet terminals with special pens, and users of smartphones.
The participants, who recorded on their notebooks and devices their two-month schedules, were asked to answer a set of questions about these an hour later w…
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