In an era dominated by keyboards, it is easy to think handwriting is a skill of the past. But are we shortchanging our brains by abandoning this ability? Our guests this week explore the critical cognitive benefits of handwriting and discuss how the physical act of writing by hand significantly boosts literacy, memory retention, and idea generation.
Guest:
- Danny Oppenheimer, professor of decision sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
- Virginia Wise Berninger, professor emerita, University of Washington
Educational research shows that writing by hand can help students to read and spell better as well as remember the information they’re learning. Think of college students taking notes in class…..
Virginia Wise Berninger and her team have studied the brain images of elementary aged students learining new letters in the alphabet.
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