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Drawing a Picture Has a “Massive” Benefit for Memory versus Writing It Down
- randcraw 8y agoThis suggests to me that the process of drawing extends the time that's spent encoding the new memory. Perhaps that time emphasizes multiple features of the object, and demands more focus, thus adding multiple 'hooks' to make recall of the object more fault tolerant. If so, any approach to learning which demands more focus and adds multiple hooks might see the same gains. Maybe the authors made the same point, but because the full article is locked away from unpaying eyes, I'll never know.
- zcid 8y agoThe article (10.1177/0963721418755385) is available on Library Genesis under Scientific Articles. I would just post a link, but I'm not sure it would be allowed here.
- outside1234 8y agoI would guess there is also something in there that our brains are wired for spatial reasoning -- and not text -- and that there is an uplift on memory with this approach for that reason.
- NicoJuicy 8y agoThis has been the claim of "mindmaps" all along. It lets you use the left and right halve of your brain, they said ;)
- oriel 8y agoIs there a standard/preferred piece of software for doing mindmaps?
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- thunfischbrot 8y agoIsn't it likely that one would not receive the benefits discussed in the article if one where not to use pen and paper/marker and whiteboard?
- Terr_ 8y agoMost "mind mapping" software is about graphs of text nodes, whereas in this case it seems to be tied to dealing with visual features of the object being discussed.
- stevemadere 8y agoWaldorf education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education