Exploring the Cultural Shift Towards Analog Writing and Mindfulness Columbia, United States - February 25, 2026 / Pen ...

A recent study published in the Frontiers of Psychology suggests that cursive handwriting might be more effective in promoting learning than typing. The research, involving 36 students, examined brain ...

There’s a glimmer of hope if you’re looking for last-ditch strategies to save your child from the halls of stupidity. A study published this week in the journal Frontiers of Psychology found that good ...

While writers may not feel it right away, something happens in the brain when you put pen to paper. Research studies have shown that writing by hand enhances electrical activity in the brain, memory, ...

For anyone looking to keep their mind sharp with age, science offers an unexpectedly low-tech suggestion: pick up a pen. A review of brain imaging studies found that handwriting activates a broader ...

National Handwriting Day on Jan. 23 celebrates the lost art of penmanship. Erkki Makkonen/Getty Images National Handwriting Day doesn’t boast free pie slices, but you can savor the lost art of ...

Most parents today likely learned to write first in print, then cursive and finally – maybe years after those skills were in place – on a computer. Today, with students as young as kindergarten ...

University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. For many, the return of mandatory ...

New research has analyzed brainwave patterns in both children and young adults while they wrote by hand and as they typed on a keyboard. The results revealed distinctly different brain patterns ...

As school-age children increasingly rely solely on digital devices for remote- and in-class learning, many K-12 school systems around the world are phasing out cursive handwriting and no longer ...