Daily Digest | Did you know that manually writing notes instead of typing is better for your brain?

Three studies investigate how writing modalities—pen-and-paper versus keyboard-and-computer—affect spelling performance in school tasks. A total of 305 students from Grades 4 to 7 participated, completing a standardized copying task and narrative task in both writing conditions. Results showed that, in the copying task, younger students (Grades 4–5) produced higher-quality handwritten texts with greater spelling accuracy, longer text length, and fewer errors per word. Mpho Mashita and Jones Netshipise talk to Nicola du Plesis, Occupational Therapist at Mobile OT’s about some of the key differences between typing and writing on paper - also looking at ways to keep that motor skill alive.