SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Traffic on poetry websites has been way up during the pandemic. No surprise – research shows reading and writing poetry can reduce stress and feelings of isolation. NOEL KING, HOST: NPR’s online app, the Joy Generator, has some tools to help you engage with poetry, which is More
But writing books can integrate research and theory—and can be remarkably satisfying. A psychological scientist looks back at 50 years. More
Attempts to replicate previous studies suggest writing notes by hand may offer no benefit over typing. More
Attempts to replicate previous studies suggest writing notes by hand may offer no benefit over typing. More
Those thoughts, typed into a digital journal on May 30, could stand as an anthem for this tragic pandemic year, a cry recognized around the world without explanation or context. Yet there is plenty of context from this writer, richly detailed and in weekly installments: “We mourn time lost and More
The term “journaling” encompasses a lot of different things: the list of birds you’ve seen in your neighborhood; the descriptions of sights you saw on your last vacation; the notes you jotted down about the dream you had last night. But the general, tried and true everything is a bit much More
