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This informative article explains how drawing improves memory and lists five ways to incorporate drawing into note-taking tasks in meetings and lectures. Researchers have found that drawing helps improve information retention, especially in older adults. Drawing helps use more of the brain to remember information, making it easier to find your way back to those pieces of information again when needed.

Moreover, taking notes on paper can help us actually to retain the information that we process. Translating the words that we hear into concepts in our brains introduces the data in a way that allows us to recall it better later. The increased effort pays off in better and more accurate memory.