Cursive may seem like just a different way of writing but studies have found that it activates different neurological pathways than typing or manuscript. Cursive gets the entire brain working. Why Writing By Hand Could Make You Smarter Psychology Today Another important area associated with cursive writing and one that supports self esteem building is when the limbic or emotional area of the child s brain is engaged in a positive linguistic exercise. How does cursive help the brain . Much of the benefit of handwriting in general comes simply from the self generated. Handwriting sharpens the brain and helps us learn. Brain imaging studies show that cursive activates areas of the brain that do not participate in keyboarding. What learning cursive does for your brain. School systems driven by ill informed ideologues and federal mandate are becoming obsessed with testing knowledge at the expense of training kids to develop better capacity for acquiring knowledge. Specifically ...