Writing by hand engages more of the brain than typing. Scientists say the cognitive demands of handwriting may help keep the aging mind sharp.

Do you not have good penmanship? Here's what research says your handwriting, specifically the way you write these letters, ...

Research compared students who typed lecture notes on laptops with those who wrote lecture notes by hand during the same time.

“Handwriting was initially the first means of preserving information that was previously only passed down orally,” explains Donica. Before the invention of the printing press, copying information or ...

New research has analyzed brainwave patterns in both children and young adults while they wrote by hand and as they typed on a keyboard. The results revealed distinctly different brain patterns ...

The way you dot your i’s and cross your t's means more than you may think. Here’s what handwriting analysis reveals about your personality. Human beings are complex, often confusing creatures. It can ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day — a great excuse to put away your smartphone and explore the lost art of penmanship. What does your handwriting say about you? Graphology, the science of analyzing ...

The sole surviving sample of Queen Cleopatra's handwriting, found on an ancient papyrus, reveals a single Greek word, ...

Illegible prescriptions may soon be a thing of the past. The National Medical Commission has ordered doctors to write ...