A University of Tokyo study found that students who wrote schedules on paper recalled them better than those who used a tablet or phone — suggesting old-fashioned lists may give the brain stronger memory cues

Give a person a diary, a tablet and a phone, ask them to write down the same set of appointments, then quiz them an hour later, and the one who used paper tends to recall the simpler details more reliably. That is the short version of a study run at the University of Tokyo and […] The post A University of Tokyo study found that students who wrote schedules on paper recalled them better than those who used a tablet or phone — suggesting old-fashioned lists may give the brain stronger memory cues appeared first on Space Daily .