It may sound archaic in today’s tech-centric classrooms, but researchers around the world are digging into the powerful effects of handwriting, revealing how the act of putting pen (or pencil) to ...

Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain ...

Here's how the number of pen strokes and lettering size could convey the general health of your brain.

Handwriting activates more of your brain than typing. Here's what science says and why it matters more in an age of AI.

Buzz Williams, the men's basketball coach at Maryland, writes his players letters by hand. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Jahi Chikwendiu / The Washington Post / Getty Images Editor’s note ...

"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” — Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast Transactional writing — or letter writing — gets you beyond what you thought you could not get over. With all the other ways ...