I have heard several times some fountain pen enthusiasts reference a study that showed that taking notes with a pen and paper encouraged more active engagement, and better retention of material being presented in a class or a conference, than people using a laptop, tablet, etc. (ie, typing).
Does anyone know the exact reference for this study? Most of the time I only hear vague references like “a study found…” or “a study conducted at XYZ University”, and I would like to find the actual study and read it for myself.


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Here’s another, far newer, one:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11943480/
Thanks! I glanced over this article - looks very detailed, and quite interesting.
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Quite a few first source references at the end too.
Yes, I noticed that with all the papers here – there is quite the rabbit hole to explore.