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Don't have time today to provide citation but I believe the act of writing and transcribing involves a different part of the brain than reading...this is my layman's theory as to why writing and reading is so much more stimulating than just reading, even when you can easily comprehend the code on sight

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I've seen that too, but also seen that it the effect isn't quite as dramatic when typing vs. writing.

it's odd but in my experience I have found it to be the opposite. Perhaps because I've grown up with keyboards I find typing something out to be quite stimulating. When writing things down I find there is a huge disconnect between the funny scribbilous motions of my wrist and the meaning of the words they produce. Although perhaps that's a left-handed thing.

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Typing your code out is one of the most joyful and zen things about programming. That's just me I guess.

It certainly involves the brain more than CTRL + V does.

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