"In another experiment aimed at testing long-term recall, students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture, with a chance to revise beforehand. This time, the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better at both parts of the exam - even though some of the faster typists had managed to transcribe most of the lecture verbatim."
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/want-to-do-better-at-exams-take-notes-by-hand--not-on-a-laptop-9233179.html
