# Drawing is better than writing for memory retention

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**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/drawing-is-better-than-writing-for-memory-retention/1258 "2018-12-07T17:55:52Z")\
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> **[Drawing is better than writing for memory retention](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181206114724.htm)**
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> Researchers from the University of Waterloo found that even if people weren't good at it, drawing, as a method to help retain new information, was better than re-writing notes, visualization exercises or passively looking at images.

  
Researchers from the University of Waterloo found that even if people weren’t good at it, drawing, as a method to help retain new information, was better than re-writing notes, visualization exercises or passively looking at images.