>Here's one that talks about the differences in the experience and why that might lead to lesser recall:
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>http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/05/the-difference-between-reading-on-paper-and-reading-on-a-screen/
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>FWIW, I'm pretty sure there's research that shows that hand-written notes lead to better recall than typed notes, too. IIRC, something about the physical act of writing helps to build memories in the brain.

Just about any method of pushing the same content two ways through the brain works to the same effect. That's what writing outlines is for, or learning by heart, or just telling someone about it is for. I know that some good jokes vanished irretrievably from my head just because I didn't tell them to six different people within the next day. When I do, they stay.

However, hand-written vs typed doesn't seem to be too different - the task of preparing a whole sentence to put on paper instead of just laying out words and then reshuffling them to resemble a sentence may be a better fixer. Also the difference in writing environment - no clipboard, no delete, no dragging and dropping, no thesaurus or spellchecker - may help force the brain to invest more work and thus remember it better.