Is the employee who DOODLES at office meetings a goof-off who's neglecting his or her responsibilities? Or is he or she actually exercising something that could be called "Doodle Diligence"? A ...

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Doodling seems like the ultimate aimless activity, but it may serve very practical purposes. In my case, as a journalist, I spend a lot of time on the phone talking to sources. When I'm not scrawling ...

A: The traditional view, which still surfaces in some studies, is that doodling is a form of multitasking that threatens concentration. A growing number of studies and books, however, treat it as a ...

There's hard evidence to back up this benefit. In a study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology, participants listened to a phone message containing the names of several people and places, and ...

Patrick Davidson is the aerobatic aviator who's lit up the skies in the Red Bull Air Race World Series and swooped to six South African national titles. South Africa For Patrick Davidson, doodling isn ...

Sharon Silver, a senior clerk typist in the Marin County Planning Department, may look like she’s wasting time when she sits around doodling at work. But putting pen to paper actually makes her more ...