It enables your brain to stay active while still getting a bit of a break. This is when doodling can be an effective strategy. You might start to zone out, daydreaming about that cheesy pizza you plan to eat for lunch or the tricky violin solo you’ve been perfecting. Here’s how it works: When you’re learning something new, your brain can grow tired. But in fact, doodling can help us keep focus. It’s often thought of as something we do when we lose focus. Still, many people view doodling as a silly distraction. In other words, doodling seemed to help them remember what they heard. In the end, the doodlers recalled 29 percent more of the voice mail.
One group was told to doodle shapes while listening, and the other group was not. To test the relationship between memory and doodling, she divided 40 people into two groups and instructed everyone to listen to a recording of a tediously long voice mail. If you don’t have a chance to check out the walls of Number 4 yourself, the Doodle Boy now has his own website, Facebook, and Instagram page.In 2009, a psychologist named Jackie Andrade designed an experiment to help determine why we doodle. Needless to say, Joe was more than happy to oblige. At first, the boy thought that he would simply be doodling a small framed picture-but upon arriving at the restaurant, the staffers said they wanted him to cover the entire white wall of the restaurant in doodles. The Number 4 owners reached out to Joe and asked if they could commission him to decorate the restaurant. MORE: Listen to the Moment an Awestruck Child’s ‘Wow!’ Created ‘One of Concert Hall’s Most Wonderful Moments’ His drawings then caught the eye of the management at the local Number 4 restaurant.
Joe’s art teachers were so blown away by the boy’s talent, they began posting his work on Instagram.
“His mum and I decided to get him into an art class outside of school called Bloom, he’s been there for about six weeks and he loves every minute of it.”
“He was in school getting frustrated at the little amount of art he could do so he used to doodle on the table’s whiteboard in class and get into trouble for doodling,” Joe’s father told reporters. LOOK: After Years of Gaining Trust of Local Squirrels, Photographer Has Captured the Most Wholesome Pictures
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