Do you doodle?

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In early 2009, those people who have always doodled in meetings, while on the phone or in classes got to collectively say, "Told you so," as a study was published in the journal of Applied Cognitive [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. The study, led by Jackie Andrade, evaluated whether doodling could actually increase memory or cognitive ability. Though this study used a small sample group, only 40 participants, headlines across the world exalted the benefits of doodling as a memory saver.
What Andrade's study did find was that people allowed to doodle while listening to phone calls had about 29% greater memory retention than those in a "non-doodling" [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Since the study's publication, the results have been used to suggest that doodling in classes or meetings could improve focus and increase retention of material. Though the study did not test this [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], Andrade believes that more focused activity such as drawing something purposefully with lots of concentration or texting would likely have an opposite affect and lead to less material retention.

There are some analyses of Andrade's study that don't automatically jump on the "doodling" bandwagon. For instance it's pointed out that sample size was small, and the study would require replication in order to see if results are really proven. Another thing that wasn't tested was the degree to which random drawing might be combined with daydreaming, and whether people who daydreamed suffered more or less focus or memory ability. For those naysayers, doodling may be viewed as not necessarily harmful to memory, but also not necessarily of great benefit. Still many who routinely sketch or draw unpurposefully during boring lectures feel quite justified in keeping up with the practice.

There are similar studies that do show certain things may help improve focus and memory. Research in 2007 suggest that students who chew gum while taking tests actually improve their test scores by about 5%. For teachers who command complete focus and allow neither gum chewing nor doodling, they may actually be lowering their students' performance ability, though it is again hard to extrapolate these conclusions from just a few studies.

There is one way in which doodling can definitely improve memory of a certain sort. At the end of February each year, there is National Doodle Day. This is a charitable event meant to shed light on the difficult diseases of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Many celebrities compose doodles on this day, which are then printed and sold as various media to raise money for awareness of these diseases and to directly help those who suffer from them. Individuals and groups can enter too, and popular doodles are chosen to be reprinted. In this respect, maintaining memory through random drawings about devastating illnesses serves a very important purpose.

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I do do doodles, do you do doodles too?

I do! I do! I do, do doodles!
All the time! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ((( LOL )))

Are you a "Yankee Doodle Dandy?"

Here's something to keep you busy:
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Doodle-Matic

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I'm a Phillie doodle dandy!

Spoiler:

I like to doodle... I just don't do doodling much now. lol

A spoiler is something that only shows up if you click on it, so you don't spoil it if you talk about a movie that someone hasn't seen yet, for example.

^{do I need that?}

What's an exponent? Doesn't seem to do anything. Not even doodling![rand]random doesn't seem to do anything either.[/rand]

An exponent is for numbers, like if you want to say X². I haven't figured out random yet, it doesn't appear to do anything as far as I can tell. WOW doesn't either.

X²+Y²=Z²!
(the Pythagorean theorem, to calculate the length of the third side of a right triangle, if you know the length of the other two sides.) It can be used for all kinds of neat stuff, like to figure out how long a flagpole is if you know the length of its shadow...

right triangle (right-angled triangle in British English). It states:

In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (the two sides that meet at a right angle).

The theorem can be written as an equation:


where c represents the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b represent the lengths of the other two sides.

The Pythagorean theorem is named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, who by tradition is credited with its discovery and proof,[1] although it is often argued that knowledge of the theory predates him. (There is much evidence that Babylonian mathematicians understood the principle, if not the mathematical significance.)

Contents [hide]
1 In formulae
2 Proofs
2.1 Proof using similar triangles
2.2 Euclid's proof
2.3 Garfield's proof
2.4 Proof by subtraction
2.5 Similarity proof
2.6 Proof by rearrangement
2.7 Algebraic proof
2.8 Proof by differential equations
3 Converse
4 Consequences and uses of the theorem
4.1 Pythagorean triples
4.2 List of primitive Pythagorean triples up to 100
4.3 The existence of irrational numbers
4.4 Distance in Cartesian coordinates
5 Generalizations
5.1 The Pythagorean theorem in non-Euclidean geometry
5.2 In complex arithmetic
6 History
7 Cultural references to the Pythagorean theorem
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
11 External links

Jack, I never thought of doodling having anything to do with memory. I may try doodling more, just to see what happens.

I doodle when I am on the phone. See above what happens,LMAO.

i'm a great doodler and always have been , just put a pencil in my hand and off i go. i think the things you doodle may be of greater significance than how it affects concentration.
whilst listening to boring lectures or phone calls, it releases the tension ,leaving you more relaxed, ergo absorbing more.and the things you doodle may well reflect how you feel about the person, or topic of conversation.doodling is fascinating because it comes from the subconcious ,alerting you to hidden feelings.
i have not checked for back up on this, it is my observation and experience,and i would say quite accurate !! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

What do you doodle when you are drawing doodles? I doodle noodles!

Tater Salad wrote:What do you doodle when you are drawing doodles? I doodle noodles!

you sure it's not doodles disguised as noodles ?

"you sure it's not doodles disguised as noodles ?"

No, I'm not sure at all, now that you mention it!

I doodle in circles or atoms

i just googled 'doodles psychology' and came up with heaps of info regarding the psychology in doodles.very interesting, but you will need to google it yourself .
well worth a look.