Computer use may reduce ability to learn

Yes, you heard it right. But please also note the 'may' in the title! The act of writing is good for the brains, or so new research appears to show. It seems like scribbling on paper on what we want to learn helps to retain information in the mind. Nowadays we increasingly type and click rather than writing by hand. Recent research results published in periodicals state that they have got clear evidence of the benefits of writing when it comes to memory. 

In one experiment carried out by French neurophysiologist at the University of Marseille, France the results came out clear. The experiment was that 20 volunteers were given Indian alphabets to learn, half by writing and half by typing. They were given three weeks time. And then they were tested, it was seen that they could easily recognise the alphabets which they practiced by writing that the ones they practiced by typing. 

Further more when some volunteers were placed in an fMRI scanner it was seen that when volunteers were judging the correct orientation of the letters they had learnt by writing, the parietal and premotor parts of the brain got reactivated. as if they are re-writing what they have learnt in their minds. Everyone should be aware, especially parents and teachers dealing with children that everything easy may not be good enough, such as typing. Research is now being carried out to find difference of impact between printed books and digital books.