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In reply to the discussion: CNN Doctor Trolls Trump Over 'Dementia' Boast With 1 Simple Sentence (HuffPost) [View all]summer_in_TX
(2,772 posts)The writer analyzes the words to make connections so he/she can organize what the speaker is saying. There's no way to keep up so what they put down is a synthesis of the points of the speaker. For many fluent keyboardists, they may get more down verbatim but they don't do as much mental work to do so.
Also, handwriting involves a different set of cues to the brain, the texture of the paper, the way the writing instrument flows over the paper, a variety of motions to get it down. The organizational system and/or layout used by the writer in their note-taking. Typing has more limited and repetitive motions which make a relatively negligible impression on the brain.
Rewriting is mere copying and pasting for a lot of the organization of computer notes, while handwritten rewriting is more laborious which involves more of the brain.