In this episode of The Verbal To Visual Podcast I share some recent research related to the benefits of writing by hand. You can now subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. Feel free to leave an honest review via those platforms!
We’re transitioning from Visual Vocabulary Month (May 2014) to Handwritten Font Month (June). Here’s the last blog post from May that gives a good recap of the resources I shared related to building your visual vocabulary.
Just a few days ago The New York Times published an article titled What’s Lost As Handwriting Fades.
I found that article thanks to a tweet from Nancy Duarte. Check out her work related to presentations – it’s both impressive and inspiring. Also, this resource on diagrams is particularly useful for visual note takers.
How Handwriting Trains The Brain, from The Wall Street Journal.
Some of the studies referenced by those NYT and WSJ articles:
Summarizing the research that I highlighted in this episode:
Applying those results to visual note taking:
Topics for further investigation:
Do you know of any research on these topics? Do you have your own experience to share? Let us know in the comments below.
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