BBC Worklife website quotes Hetty Roessingh from the University of Calgary, who says that " taking notes by hand involves cognitive engagement in summarising, paraphrasing, organising, concept and vocabulary mapping."

BBC Worklife 网引用卡尔加里大学的 Hetty Roessingh 来说就是：“手写笔记涉及了总结、解释、组织、概念和词汇映射等的参与。”