That's not what most of the studies I've seen say. I can't remember the specifics (since I didn't write them down by hand) but IIRC the differentiating factor was whether you hand wrote your notes, not how you organized them. In other words the literal act of jotting it down is the source of the benefit.
That said, these psychology studies are pretty useless most of the time.
> That said, these psychology studies are pretty useless most of the time.
There is a definite reproducibility issue but we don't need to bin the work of a whole academic category.
This is the exact opposite of everything I have ever read singing the praises of handwritten notes.
In other words, I think there's a strong selection bias at play here. Meta analysis would shed light there but I am satisfied with my note management so I don't really wanna put any effort into that.