#forgetting — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #forgetting, aggregated by home.social.
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🤗🩶🤣🩶🩶🩶⬜⚪◽◻️▫️🤍🔲🔳🕊️🖤⬛🩶⚫🩶◾🩶◼️🩶▪️🩶🔳🩶🔲🩶🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖📖📖👓📖👓💛🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🩶🕊️🔲🩶◾◻️◼️🩶◽⚪⚫🔳🩶🤍▪️▫️🩶⬜⬛⚪🩶⚫🩶🤣🖤🤗*"There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically!*It's the only truly safe place!*& it can happen with a stranger!*or a best friend!"🤗🩶🤣🩶🩶🩶🖤🩶⬜⬛🩶⚪⚫🩶◽◾🩶◻️◼️🩶▫️▪️🩶🤍🔳🩶🕊️🔲🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓📖👓🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🩶🖤🩶⚫⚪🩶⬛⬜🩶▫️▪️🩶🤍🔳🩶◽◼️🩶◻️◾🩶🔲◾🤣🩶🤗
~ Natasha Lyonne
#Quote #Fun #Laughing #In #Your #Own #Magical #Place #Escaping #Forgetting #Worries
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🤗🩶🤣🩶🩶🩶⬜⚪◽◻️▫️🤍🔲🔳🕊️🖤⬛🩶⚫🩶◾🩶◼️🩶▪️🩶🔳🩶🔲🩶🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖📖📖👓📖👓💛🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🩶🕊️🔲🩶◾◻️◼️🩶◽⚪⚫🔳🩶🤍▪️▫️🩶⬜⬛⚪🩶⚫🩶🤣🖤🤗*"There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically!*It's the only truly safe place!*& it can happen with a stranger!*or a best friend!"🤗🩶🤣🩶🩶🩶🖤🩶⬜⬛🩶⚪⚫🩶◽◾🩶◻️◼️🩶▫️▪️🩶🤍🔳🩶🕊️🔲🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓📖👓🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🩶🖤🩶⚫⚪🩶⬛⬜🩶▫️▪️🩶🤍🔳🩶◽◼️🩶◻️◾🩶🔲◾🤣🩶🤗
~ Natasha Lyonne
#Quote #Fun #Laughing #In #Your #Own #Magical #Place #Escaping #Forgetting #Worries
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🤗🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖📖📖👓📖👓💛🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🤗*"There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically!*It's the only truly safe place!*& it can happen with a stranger!*or a best friend!"🤗🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓📖👓🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🤗
~ Natasha Lyonne
#Quote #Fun #Laughing #In #Your #Own #Magical #Place #Escaping #Forgetting #Worries
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🤗🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖📖📖👓📖👓💛🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🤗*"There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically!*It's the only truly safe place!*& it can happen with a stranger!*or a best friend!"🤗🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓📖👓🤭😸🤣😹😆😅😂📖👓🤗
~ Natasha Lyonne
#Quote #Fun #Laughing #In #Your #Own #Magical #Place #Escaping #Forgetting #Worries
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*~*"There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically!*It's the only truly safe place!*& it can happen with a stranger!*or a best friend!"*~*
~ Natasha Lyonne
#Quote #Fun #Laughing #In #Your #Own #Magical #Place #Escaping #Forgetting #Worries
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*~*"There's that special magical place that exists when you forget everything else because you are laughing hysterically!*It's the only truly safe place!*& it can happen with a stranger!*or a best friend!"*~*
~ Natasha Lyonne
#Quote #Fun #Laughing #In #Your #Own #Magical #Place #Escaping #Forgetting #Worries
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I Built SpecDD Because AI Kept Forgetting What We Were Building
https://specdd.ai/articles/i-built-specdd-because-ai-kept-forgetting-what-we-were-building/
#HackerNews #SpecDD #AI #Forgetting #TechInnovation #AIDevelopment #BuildingTools
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I Built SpecDD Because AI Kept Forgetting What We Were Building
https://specdd.ai/articles/i-built-specdd-because-ai-kept-forgetting-what-we-were-building/
#HackerNews #SpecDD #AI #Forgetting #TechInnovation #AIDevelopment #BuildingTools
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I Built SpecDD Because AI Kept Forgetting What We Were Building
https://specdd.ai/articles/i-built-specdd-because-ai-kept-forgetting-what-we-were-building/
#HackerNews #SpecDD #AI #Forgetting #TechInnovation #AIDevelopment #BuildingTools
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I Built SpecDD Because AI Kept Forgetting What We Were Building
https://specdd.ai/articles/i-built-specdd-because-ai-kept-forgetting-what-we-were-building/
#HackerNews #SpecDD #AI #Forgetting #TechInnovation #AIDevelopment #BuildingTools
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A quotation from Philip Larkin
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
People you know, yet can’t quite name.Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High WindowsMore about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiplarkin #dementia #detachment #elderly #forgetting #gettingold #growingold #memory #oldage #senility
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A quotation from Philip Larkin
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
People you know, yet can’t quite name.Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High WindowsMore about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiplarkin #dementia #detachment #elderly #forgetting #gettingold #growingold #memory #oldage #senility
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A quotation from Philip Larkin
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
People you know, yet can’t quite name.Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High WindowsMore about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiplarkin #dementia #detachment #elderly #forgetting #gettingold #growingold #memory #oldage #senility
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A quotation from Philip Larkin
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
People you know, yet can’t quite name.Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High WindowsMore about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiplarkin #dementia #detachment #elderly #forgetting #gettingold #growingold #memory #oldage #senility
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'The Great Leap Forward’s famine didn’t arrive immediately. For a while, the numbers looked spectacular. Every province reported record harvests. Leadership was pleased. The requisitions increased.
The famine came when the real grain ran out but the reported grain kept flowing upward.
We’re still in the reporting phase'#genAI #technology #institutionalMemory #forgetting #history
https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/
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'The Great Leap Forward’s famine didn’t arrive immediately. For a while, the numbers looked spectacular. Every province reported record harvests. Leadership was pleased. The requisitions increased.
The famine came when the real grain ran out but the reported grain kept flowing upward.
We’re still in the reporting phase'#genAI #technology #institutionalMemory #forgetting #history
https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/
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'The Great Leap Forward’s famine didn’t arrive immediately. For a while, the numbers looked spectacular. Every province reported record harvests. Leadership was pleased. The requisitions increased.
The famine came when the real grain ran out but the reported grain kept flowing upward.
We’re still in the reporting phase'#genAI #technology #institutionalMemory #forgetting #history
https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/
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'The Great Leap Forward’s famine didn’t arrive immediately. For a while, the numbers looked spectacular. Every province reported record harvests. Leadership was pleased. The requisitions increased.
The famine came when the real grain ran out but the reported grain kept flowing upward.
We’re still in the reporting phase'#genAI #technology #institutionalMemory #forgetting #history
https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/
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I wrote some things about the act of #forgetting , especially in the context of digital spaces. In short, I think we should develop better ways to do it, and I'm curious to hear if this matches anyone else's perception. These thoughts may be a bit basic, but they were new to me.
https://www.alkoclick.space/imperfect-storage-mediums-are-ideal
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I wrote some things about the act of #forgetting , especially in the context of digital spaces. In short, I think we should develop better ways to do it, and I'm curious to hear if this matches anyone else's perception. These thoughts may be a bit basic, but they were new to me.
https://www.alkoclick.space/imperfect-storage-mediums-are-ideal
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I wrote some things about the act of #forgetting , especially in the context of digital spaces. In short, I think we should develop better ways to do it, and I'm curious to hear if this matches anyone else's perception. These thoughts may be a bit basic, but they were new to me.
https://www.alkoclick.space/imperfect-storage-mediums-are-ideal
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»Tacit Knowledge, Weapons Design, and
the Uninventionof Nuclear Weapons« by Donald MacKenzie and Graham Spinardi -
»Tacit Knowledge, Weapons Design, and
the Uninventionof Nuclear Weapons« by Donald MacKenzie and Graham Spinardi -
»Tacit Knowledge, Weapons Design, and
the Uninventionof Nuclear Weapons« by Donald MacKenzie and Graham Spinardi -
»Tacit Knowledge, Weapons Design, and
the Uninventionof Nuclear Weapons« by Donald MacKenzie and Graham Spinardi -
»Tacit Knowledge, Weapons Design, and
the Uninventionof Nuclear Weapons« by Donald MacKenzie and Graham Spinardi -
https://www.kpopnsfw.com/229244/260315-one-time-i-spotted-giselle-at-hmart-a-while-back-kept-forgetting-to-post-it-here-though-lol/ 260315 one time I spotted Giselle at HMart a while back! Kept forgetting to post it here though lol #aespa #forgetting #GISELLE #HMart #lol #post #Spotted #time
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Why you can remember every word of a song from 25 years ago – but not why you walked into the room: The doorway effect
When you move from one physical space to another, the brain updates context. It segments experience into discrete #episodes.
The intention formed in the previous room – “get my glasses”, “find my charger” – was encoded in that earlier context. Crossing a threshold can weaken the retrieval cue. The #task disappears ...
#memory #brain #forgetting #forgot
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Why you can remember every word of a song from 25 years ago – but not why you walked into the room: The doorway effect
When you move from one physical space to another, the brain updates context. It segments experience into discrete #episodes.
The intention formed in the previous room – “get my glasses”, “find my charger” – was encoded in that earlier context. Crossing a threshold can weaken the retrieval cue. The #task disappears ...
#memory #brain #forgetting #forgot
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Why you can remember every word of a song from 25 years ago – but not why you walked into the room: The doorway effect
When you move from one physical space to another, the brain updates context. It segments experience into discrete #episodes.
The intention formed in the previous room – “get my glasses”, “find my charger” – was encoded in that earlier context. Crossing a threshold can weaken the retrieval cue. The #task disappears ...
#memory #brain #forgetting #forgot
[1/2]
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Why you can remember every word of a song from 25 years ago – but not why you walked into the room: The doorway effect
When you move from one physical space to another, the brain updates context. It segments experience into discrete #episodes.
The intention formed in the previous room – “get my glasses”, “find my charger” – was encoded in that earlier context. Crossing a threshold can weaken the retrieval cue. The #task disappears ...
#memory #brain #forgetting #forgot
[1/2]
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Why you can remember every word of a song from 25 years ago – but not why you walked into the room: The doorway effect
When you move from one physical space to another, the brain updates context. It segments experience into discrete #episodes.
The intention formed in the previous room – “get my glasses”, “find my charger” – was encoded in that earlier context. Crossing a threshold can weaken the retrieval cue. The #task disappears ...
#memory #brain #forgetting #forgot
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Blessed are the forgetful: for they “get the better” even of their blunders.
[Selig sind die Vergesslichen: denn sie werden auch mit ihren Dummheiten “fertig”.]Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher and poet
Jenseits von Gut und Böse [Beyond Good and Evil], Aphorism 217 (1886) [tr. Zimmern (1906)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/nietzsche-friedrich/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #nietzsche #blessing #blunder #error #forgetful #forgetfulness #forgetting #fretting #getover #mistake #notworryabout #setaside #shame #stupidity #unremembered #worry
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Blessed are the forgetful: for they “get the better” even of their blunders.
[Selig sind die Vergesslichen: denn sie werden auch mit ihren Dummheiten “fertig”.]Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher and poet
Jenseits von Gut und Böse [Beyond Good and Evil], Aphorism 217 (1886) [tr. Zimmern (1906)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/nietzsche-friedrich/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #nietzsche #blessing #blunder #error #forgetful #forgetfulness #forgetting #fretting #getover #mistake #notworryabout #setaside #shame #stupidity #unremembered #worry
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Blessed are the forgetful: for they “get the better” even of their blunders.
[Selig sind die Vergesslichen: denn sie werden auch mit ihren Dummheiten “fertig”.]Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher and poet
Jenseits von Gut und Böse [Beyond Good and Evil], Aphorism 217 (1886) [tr. Zimmern (1906)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/nietzsche-friedrich/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #nietzsche #blessing #blunder #error #forgetful #forgetfulness #forgetting #fretting #getover #mistake #notworryabout #setaside #shame #stupidity #unremembered #worry
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Blessed are the forgetful: for they “get the better” even of their blunders.
[Selig sind die Vergesslichen: denn sie werden auch mit ihren Dummheiten “fertig”.]Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher and poet
Jenseits von Gut und Böse [Beyond Good and Evil], Aphorism 217 (1886) [tr. Zimmern (1906)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/nietzsche-friedrich/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #nietzsche #blessing #blunder #error #forgetful #forgetfulness #forgetting #fretting #getover #mistake #notworryabout #setaside #shame #stupidity #unremembered #worry
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📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/nmq7FobsB82DdmptuncpnV
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_1_XE-2P6/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2015/12/please-remember-what-you-were-about-to-forget")Une phrase apparemment banale révèle une profonde tension entre la mémoire intentionnelle et les défaillances cognitives automatiques.
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📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/svyDx6SfamTiaB6WPmGHXq
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_1_XE-2P6/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2015/12/please-remember-what-you-were-about-to-forget")A simple, linguistically playful public announcement inadvertently highlights the fragility of human memory and the potential for environmental design to support cognitive function.
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📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/61DVuVDqJtSzuKMhvpbnsP
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_1_XE-2P6/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2015/12/please-remember-what-you-were-about-to-forget")Ein scheinbar banaller Alltagsmoment entpuppt sich als tiefgründige Reflexion über die Mechanismen von Erinnerung, Vergessen und menschlicher Zerstreutheit.
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"Please remember what you were about to forget." How a recorded announcement on Japanese buses sticks in my mind (and maybe yours).
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"Please remember what you were about to forget." How a recorded announcement on Japanese buses sticks in my mind (and maybe yours).
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"Please remember what you were about to forget." How a recorded announcement on Japanese buses sticks in my mind (and maybe yours).
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"Please remember what you were about to forget." How a recorded announcement on Japanese buses sticks in my mind (and maybe yours).
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#learning How can we truly hold onto knowledge and avoid #forgetting, given the constant interplay of perspectives and the potential for new layers to emerge? 🤔
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Brain's a total glitchy mess, fam! 🤯 Like trying to build a coherent thought and then it just rewrites itself? 😵💫 So frustrating! 😩 #learning #forgetting Join https://scrollbots.com
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Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand) – Inc.com
Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand)
And then do a quick review the next morning.
EXPERT OPINION BY JEFF HADEN @JEFF_HADEN, Jan 22, 2026
Illustration: Getty Images
Listen to this Article More info, 0:00 / 3:41
When I spoke at the Arabian Business Awards a few years ago, I showed a slide describing research that shows meetings literally make people dumber: a study published in Transcripts of the Royal Society of London found that meetings cause you to (during the meeting) lose IQ points.
A bunch of people in the audience took photos of that slide.
The same was true when I presented a slide describing research published in Journal of Business Research showing that not only do 90 percent of employees feel meetings are unproductive, but when the number of meetings is reduced by 40 percent employee productivity increases by 70 percent.
A bunch of people took photos of that slide, too.
Both findings seem easy to remember, if only because the research confirms what most people feel about meetings: Most of the time, the only person who thinks a meeting is important is the person who called the meeting. But what if you really wanted to remember that meetings tend to make participants dumber, and tend to negatively impact overall productivity?
Or, more broadly, have a better shot of remembering things you really want to remember? Don’t take photos.
In a study published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a variety of memory-boosting strategies: taking photos, typing notes, and writing notes by hand.
As you can probably guess, people who wrote notes by hand scored the highest on subsequent recall and comprehension tests, even when people who took photos or typed verbatim notes were allowed to review those items before they took the tests.
Or maybe you couldn’t guess that: The researchers also found that “learners were not cognizant of the advantages of longhand note-taking, but misjudged all three techniques to be equally effective.”
So why does taking notes by hand work so well? According to the researchers:
Longhand note-takers mind-wandered less and, in turn, demonstrated superior retention of the lecture content.
Which makes sense. Taking a photo requires no “mental participation” at all. You don’t have to consider, synthesize, decide how you’ll capture the information in shorthand, etc. Typing notes verbatim — for example, transcribing a lecture or meeting recording — is more of a process than a thought exercise. The focus is on accuracy, not retention. (I can type fast enough to capture everything someone says in real time, but that doesn’t mean I remember any of it without reviewing what I’ve typed.)
Maybe that’s why Richard Branson carries a notebook everywhere he goes. (Literally: I’ve seen him with one at least 10 times.) Summarizing, putting concepts or ideas in your own words, deciding not just what to write, but how to write it — all those things engage different parts of your brain, and therefore improve your retention and recall.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand)
Tags: By Hand, Forgetting, Hand, Handwriting, Handwriting Notes, Inc.com, Memory, Recall, Research, Science
#ByHand #Forgetting #Hand #Handwriting #HandwritingNotes #IncCom #Memory #Recall #Research #Science -
Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand) – Inc.com
Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand)
And then do a quick review the next morning.
EXPERT OPINION BY JEFF HADEN @JEFF_HADEN, Jan 22, 2026
Illustration: Getty Images
Listen to this Article More info, 0:00 / 3:41
When I spoke at the Arabian Business Awards a few years ago, I showed a slide describing research that shows meetings literally make people dumber: a study published in Transcripts of the Royal Society of London found that meetings cause you to (during the meeting) lose IQ points.
A bunch of people in the audience took photos of that slide.
The same was true when I presented a slide describing research published in Journal of Business Research showing that not only do 90 percent of employees feel meetings are unproductive, but when the number of meetings is reduced by 40 percent employee productivity increases by 70 percent.
A bunch of people took photos of that slide, too.
Both findings seem easy to remember, if only because the research confirms what most people feel about meetings: Most of the time, the only person who thinks a meeting is important is the person who called the meeting. But what if you really wanted to remember that meetings tend to make participants dumber, and tend to negatively impact overall productivity?
Or, more broadly, have a better shot of remembering things you really want to remember? Don’t take photos.
In a study published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a variety of memory-boosting strategies: taking photos, typing notes, and writing notes by hand.
As you can probably guess, people who wrote notes by hand scored the highest on subsequent recall and comprehension tests, even when people who took photos or typed verbatim notes were allowed to review those items before they took the tests.
Or maybe you couldn’t guess that: The researchers also found that “learners were not cognizant of the advantages of longhand note-taking, but misjudged all three techniques to be equally effective.”
So why does taking notes by hand work so well? According to the researchers:
Longhand note-takers mind-wandered less and, in turn, demonstrated superior retention of the lecture content.
Which makes sense. Taking a photo requires no “mental participation” at all. You don’t have to consider, synthesize, decide how you’ll capture the information in shorthand, etc. Typing notes verbatim — for example, transcribing a lecture or meeting recording — is more of a process than a thought exercise. The focus is on accuracy, not retention. (I can type fast enough to capture everything someone says in real time, but that doesn’t mean I remember any of it without reviewing what I’ve typed.)
Maybe that’s why Richard Branson carries a notebook everywhere he goes. (Literally: I’ve seen him with one at least 10 times.) Summarizing, putting concepts or ideas in your own words, deciding not just what to write, but how to write it — all those things engage different parts of your brain, and therefore improve your retention and recall.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand)
Tags: By Hand, Forgetting, Hand, Handwriting, Handwriting Notes, Inc.com, Memory, Recall, Research, Science
#ByHand #Forgetting #Hand #Handwriting #HandwritingNotes #IncCom #Memory #Recall #Research #Science -
Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand) – Inc.com
Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand)
And then do a quick review the next morning.
EXPERT OPINION BY JEFF HADEN @JEFF_HADEN, Jan 22, 2026
Illustration: Getty Images
Listen to this Article More info, 0:00 / 3:41
When I spoke at the Arabian Business Awards a few years ago, I showed a slide describing research that shows meetings literally make people dumber: a study published in Transcripts of the Royal Society of London found that meetings cause you to (during the meeting) lose IQ points.
A bunch of people in the audience took photos of that slide.
The same was true when I presented a slide describing research published in Journal of Business Research showing that not only do 90 percent of employees feel meetings are unproductive, but when the number of meetings is reduced by 40 percent employee productivity increases by 70 percent.
A bunch of people took photos of that slide, too.
Both findings seem easy to remember, if only because the research confirms what most people feel about meetings: Most of the time, the only person who thinks a meeting is important is the person who called the meeting. But what if you really wanted to remember that meetings tend to make participants dumber, and tend to negatively impact overall productivity?
Or, more broadly, have a better shot of remembering things you really want to remember? Don’t take photos.
In a study published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a variety of memory-boosting strategies: taking photos, typing notes, and writing notes by hand.
As you can probably guess, people who wrote notes by hand scored the highest on subsequent recall and comprehension tests, even when people who took photos or typed verbatim notes were allowed to review those items before they took the tests.
Or maybe you couldn’t guess that: The researchers also found that “learners were not cognizant of the advantages of longhand note-taking, but misjudged all three techniques to be equally effective.”
So why does taking notes by hand work so well? According to the researchers:
Longhand note-takers mind-wandered less and, in turn, demonstrated superior retention of the lecture content.
Which makes sense. Taking a photo requires no “mental participation” at all. You don’t have to consider, synthesize, decide how you’ll capture the information in shorthand, etc. Typing notes verbatim — for example, transcribing a lecture or meeting recording — is more of a process than a thought exercise. The focus is on accuracy, not retention. (I can type fast enough to capture everything someone says in real time, but that doesn’t mean I remember any of it without reviewing what I’ve typed.)
Maybe that’s why Richard Branson carries a notebook everywhere he goes. (Literally: I’ve seen him with one at least 10 times.) Summarizing, putting concepts or ideas in your own words, deciding not just what to write, but how to write it — all those things engage different parts of your brain, and therefore improve your retention and recall.
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Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand)
And then do a quick review the next morning.
EXPERT OPINION BY JEFF HADEN @JEFF_HADEN, Jan 22, 2026
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When I spoke at the Arabian Business Awards a few years ago, I showed a slide describing research that shows meetings literally make people dumber: a study published in Transcripts of the Royal Society of London found that meetings cause you to (during the meeting) lose IQ points.
A bunch of people in the audience took photos of that slide.
The same was true when I presented a slide describing research published in Journal of Business Research showing that not only do 90 percent of employees feel meetings are unproductive, but when the number of meetings is reduced by 40 percent employee productivity increases by 70 percent.
A bunch of people took photos of that slide, too.
Both findings seem easy to remember, if only because the research confirms what most people feel about meetings: Most of the time, the only person who thinks a meeting is important is the person who called the meeting. But what if you really wanted to remember that meetings tend to make participants dumber, and tend to negatively impact overall productivity?
Or, more broadly, have a better shot of remembering things you really want to remember? Don’t take photos.
In a study published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a variety of memory-boosting strategies: taking photos, typing notes, and writing notes by hand.
As you can probably guess, people who wrote notes by hand scored the highest on subsequent recall and comprehension tests, even when people who took photos or typed verbatim notes were allowed to review those items before they took the tests.
Or maybe you couldn’t guess that: The researchers also found that “learners were not cognizant of the advantages of longhand note-taking, but misjudged all three techniques to be equally effective.”
So why does taking notes by hand work so well? According to the researchers:
Longhand note-takers mind-wandered less and, in turn, demonstrated superior retention of the lecture content.
Which makes sense. Taking a photo requires no “mental participation” at all. You don’t have to consider, synthesize, decide how you’ll capture the information in shorthand, etc. Typing notes verbatim — for example, transcribing a lecture or meeting recording — is more of a process than a thought exercise. The focus is on accuracy, not retention. (I can type fast enough to capture everything someone says in real time, but that doesn’t mean I remember any of it without reviewing what I’ve typed.)
Maybe that’s why Richard Branson carries a notebook everywhere he goes. (Literally: I’ve seen him with one at least 10 times.) Summarizing, putting concepts or ideas in your own words, deciding not just what to write, but how to write it — all those things engage different parts of your brain, and therefore improve your retention and recall.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall, Science Says Start Taking Notes (by Hand)
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