Does our memory record exactly what we see?

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Check GHC Inform each weekday this month to anonymously test your ability to distinguish fact from fiction. The correct answer to each question will be posted in GHC Inform the following day. Don’t delay! Each question can accept up to 40 responses.

Handwriting notes and typing notes in class are equally effective. (True: 25% correct)

True: Based on a number of studies testing for the superiority of handwriting or laptops, no definite evidence currently exists one way or the other.

Morehead, K., Dunlosky, J., & Rawson, K. A. (2019). How much mightier is the pen than the keyboard for note-taking? A replication and extension of Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014). Educational Psychology Review, 31(3), 753–780. Doi: 10.1007/s10648-019-09468-2