![]() ![]() Note-taking is a central aspect of a complex human behavior related to information management involving a range of underlying mental processes and their interactions with other cognitive functions. Philosopher John Locke developed and published a popular indexing system which served as a model for commonplace books and inspired at least ten different published editions of commonplace book templates in Europe and the Americas as well as Bell's Common-Place Book, Form'd Generally upon the Principles Recommended and Practised by Mr Locke (London, 1770). In pre-digital times, people used many kinds of notebooks, including commonplace books, accounting waste books, and marginalia. In the Renaissance and early modern period, students learned to take notes in schools, academies and universities, often producing beautiful volumes that served as reference works after they finished their studies. The Ancient Greeks developed hypomnema, personal records on important subjects. ![]() Note-taking has been an important part of human history and scientific development. ![]()
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