How Does Writing Affect Us?

Being a writer often comes with a lot of complex thoughts and hours spent mulling over words. But the act of writing affects our brains in a lot more ways than just giving us a headache when we can’t come up with the perfect structure or the right word. Writing is a lot like meditating, it’s often peaceful and always unique to the individual.

Writing helps our memory and helps us to effectively convey memorable information to others via the art of story telling. There are also certain words and phrases that do the exact opposite. Also, did you know when given a knew pen to try, 97% of people will write their own name? Read on to find out more:

How does writing affect you? If you’re not a frequent writer, maybe it’s time to get those parietal and temporal lobes running and try it out.

Source: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/how-does-writing-affect.html

Why We Remember What We Write

Writing and Remembering: Why We Remember What We Write

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on note-taking skills. One common experience many people have, and that several people mentioned in response to that post, is that when they take good notes they remember things well enough that they rarely end up having to look at their notes again.