I tried for a few minutes to find the HN thread where somebody refuted the "handwriting is better than typing" for fact recall claim. OTOH, IIRC, - EEG measur

I tried for a few minutes to find the HN thread where somebody refuted the "handwriting is better than typing" for fact recall claim. OTOH, IIRC, - EEG measures brain activation. It takes more of the brain to hand write than to type, and so it is unsurprising that there is more activation during a writing by hand activity than during a typing activity. - Do brain connectivity or neural activation correspond to favorable outcomes? - Synaptic pruning eliminates connectivity in the brain; and that is presumably advantageous. - Hyperconnectivity may be regarded as a disadvantage in discussions of neurodiversity. Witness recall from a network with intentional hyperconnectivity; too distracted by spurious activations? - That's a test of dumb recall, which is a test of trivia retention. - Is rote memorization the pinnacle of learning? To foster creative thinking and critical thinking, is trivia recall optimization ideal? - (Isn't it necessary to forget so much of what we've been taught in order to succeed.) - Is spaced repetition as or more effective than hand writing at increasing recall compared to passively listening? - With persons who have injury and/or disability that prevents them from handwriting, do they have adaptations that enable them to succeed despite "having to" type instead? - We don't hand write software; though some schools teach coding with pen and paper (and that somewhat reduces cheating, which confounds variance in success and retention). - We write tests for software; we can't efficiently automatedly test software for quality and correctness unless the code is typed. - Does anything ever grade, confirm, reject, or validate handwritten notes? - Are there studies of this that measure recall after typing, and then after handwriting, too? Edit: A, measure, B, measure; AND: B, measure, A, measure