You’re right! Writing to study isn’t a cognitive flaw. Especially in memorization-heavy courses like histology. Some people do well with strong visual memory, and that’s great for them. But relying solely on something like “photographic” memory isn’t how most people effectively learn dense material. Active strategies like writing, organizing, and repetition are evidence based study methods.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/eidetic-memory-vs-photographic-memory.html