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一旦我们离开学校，其实就没什么用手写字的必要了。通常来说，人们的工作和社交网络往往在电脑上完成。当然了，除了生活中的杂货清单、点菜单什么的，实在没有必要暴露写得像螃蟹爬一样的字，难道电脑打字不更加高效吗?但是，对于手写，现在还有一些已经被证明的优点。或许你该拂去尘封的纸笔上的灰尘了，下面就是手写的四项好处。
1. IT ACTIVATES THE BRAIN.
1. 它能激活大脑
A 2012 study of children who couldn’t yet read found that writing letters by hand activated a circuit of neurons in the brain associated with reading. Tracing or typing the same letter, however, did not. This extra processing in the brain regions associated with literacy “may facilitate reading acquisition in young children,” the researchers write.
2012年，有一群人针对有阅读障碍的孩子们做了一个调查，他们发现，手写可以激活大脑中与阅读相关的神经回路;而在键盘上打字并没有这样的功能。
2. IT IMPROVES SPELLING.
2. 它会提升我们的拼写能力
A 1990 study found that having kids write words out improved their spelling abilities compared to typing on a computer.
一项与1990年进行的实验发现，相比于在电脑上打字，手写更能提升孩子们的拼写能力。
3. IT HELPS YOU REMEMBER.
3. 它能改善记忆
A 2014 study that compared the memories of university students who took handwritten notes to those who took notes on laptops found that writing longhand better helps you learn new information. Those who wrote out their notes processed more of what was being said during their lectures, probably because they had to condense information to keep up, rather than mindlessly type the speaker’s words verbatim. In subsequent tests, handwriters recalled information from the lectures better than typists.
一项2014年的研究比较了两组大学生的记忆力。其中一组是喜欢用手写笔记本的大学生，而另一组更喜欢用笔记本电脑。喜欢手写的大学生通常能记住更多在讲座上所说的东西，可能是因为他们需要压缩理解信息来记录笔记，而不是毫无意义地在电脑上逐字打下说过的话。在随后的测试中，手写组比打字组可以回忆出更多的讲座内容。
4. IT HELPS YOU THINK FASTER.
4. 它能帮你快速思考
In a 2009 study of elementary and middle school kids, students writing by hand were found to write more, and more quickly, than those who typed on a keyboard. “Children consistently did better writing with a pen when they wrote essays,” the study’s author, psychologist Virginia Berninger, said in a press release at the time.
在2009年一项针对小学生和初中生的研究中，我们发现，相比喜欢打字的学生，那些喜欢用手写字的学生会写的更多、也写的更快。如果学生们要写小说的话，用钢笔来完成的学生往往会做得更好。
