I've never been able to focus while doodling; I always get too sucked into the drawing and truly only focus on that, though I usually doodled faces and bodies,

I've never been able to focus while doodling; I always get too sucked into the drawing and truly only focus on that, though I usually doodled faces and bodies, which maybe requires more bandwidth to do? Not sure. Either way, while I'm not surprised that doodling can aid in focus, I can totally see why people would take it to mean you aren't paying attention. Not saying you don't understand either, but its unfortunate that something beneficial to the exact goal of the meeting (transmitting knowledge) is read as exactly the opposite.