Thursday, March 16, 2017

More to know about doodling

The Value of the Doodle



Sunni Brown, author of The Doodle Revolution, writes, "Our culture is so intensely focused on verbal communications, that we're almost blinded to the value of doodling. Doodling has a profound impact on the way that we can process information and the way that we can solve problems." Doodling facilitates learning.

An article published in TIME magazine some years ago lauded the value of doodling. It recalled an experiment in which forty individuals were asked to listen to a monologue. The speaker talked about a number of seemingly random things, but included lists of places and names. Half of the study participants were asked to doodle as they listened. The other half simply listened. Afterward, participants were asked to recall the names and places named in the recording. The results? The doodlers remembered almost 30 percent more of the requested information than the non-doodlers did.

Below is a list of Catherine Alred's things to know about doodling.  (Copies available at library while Oodles of Doodles is still on display)


No comments:

Post a Comment

Only patrons of the Capitan Public Library may comment to blog posts.

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.