Why Cursive Is So Good For Your Brain!
Computers have made handwriting and cursive a dying art. Does taking the time to actually write things out affect our brains? Trace and Tara discuss what occurs in our brains when we write, why we should continue to do so!
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What Learning Cursive Does for Your Brain
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/memory-medic/201303/what-learning-cursive-does-your-brain
"Ever try to read your physician's prescriptions? Children increasingly print their writing because they don't know cursive or theirs is unreadable."
The effects of handwriting experience on functional brain development in pre-literate children
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211949312000038
"In an age of increasing technology, the possibility that typing on a keyboard will replace handwriting raises questions about the future usefulness of handwriting skills."
Evidence-Based, Developmentally Appropriate Writing Skills K to 5: Teaching Orthographic Loop of Working Memory to Write Letters So Developing Writers Can Spell Words, and Express Ideas
https://www.hw21summit.com/media/zb/hw21/H2937N_Berninger_presentation.pdf
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