Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

Handwriting engages visual-spatial processing regions of the brain that remain largely inactive during typing. When writing by hand, the brain must continuously track spatial relationships ...

The quality of your writing will likely get better if you simply type slower, according to a recent study. Researchers asked study participants to type essays using both hands or with only one.

Though typing has gained traction in other language learning methods, Vaishnava said there is one virtue of continuing to teach handwriting, even when classes are online, that is undeniable. “For ...

They ultimately found that the handwriting resulted in significantly more elaborate brain connectivity patterns than typing words. The results, they argued, had important implications for memory ...