Grumpy Old Geeks Topics Handwriting and memory Topic Handwriting and memory 2 mentions in 1 episode The hosts discuss an article reporting better recall when notes are written by hand. Mentions 56: Some Things in this Podcast are True May 2, 2014 0:16 Writing notes down by hand makes you remember them longer. 0:50 You will actually have better memory of things if you write them out by hand.