One study found that people who were directed to doodle while carrying out a boring listening task remembered 29 percent more information than people who did not doodle, likely because the latter group had let their attention slip away entirely.*
Annie Murphy Paul

I like to share this information wherever it feels
appropriate and helpful.

Everyone can doodle, so this is a
superpower we can all develop.

As well as doodling to listen, I also aim to create
a doodle that represents what I’ve been hearing.

Here are a few other benefits to add to
listening and creating that I enjoy:

Doodling derives from dawdling, so
it helps me slow down.

I can then be present and
absorbed in what I’m hearing and doing.

It provokes imagination whilst it
exploring representation.

It legitimises adaptation and
anticipates transformation.

And it’s a load of
fun.

*Annie Murphy Paul’s The Extended Mind.