Doodling can help memory

Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 9:17 pm

An interesting research to improve your memory. From Yahoo!

Researchers in the United Kingdom found that test subjects who doodled while listening to a recorded message had a 29 percent better recall of the message’s details than those who didn’t doodle. The findings were published in Applied Cognitive Psychology.

“If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull telephone conversation, they may start to daydream,” study researcher Professor Jackie Andrade, of the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, said in a news release issued by the journal’s publisher. “Daydreaming distracts them from the task, resulting in poorer performance. A simple task, like doodling, may be sufficient to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task.”

Wow! Interesting find! I would sure try it out. I can’t say about poor husbands that whether doodling can increase their memories. You know what I mean :P

Bookmark and Share
Related Posts with Thumbnails



Categories: Announcement, World

4 Comments on “Doodling can help memory”

  1. hmmm
    nice finding
    i can try it to
    i do sketch at times while attenting some boring lectures but i am not sure either it help me in remembering my lessons (as i make notes too) …:D

  2. @ash: tumhara masla Badaam khana se hal hoga doodles bananay se nahi :P

  3. but masla is k mein badaam khana bhi bhool jati hn :P
    wht should i do in this case :-/

  4. HMM…abhi se tiyari shuru hai husband ban ne ki, band baj jata hai husband ban ke

Post a Comment