Is there any evidence of a benefit to distributing documents to students vs taking notes? Suppose you teach a course in which you display slides. Two approaches exists:


distribute the slides (or any document that summarizes the content of the slides);
rely on students to take notes.


[EDIT: When I say "distribute the slides", it does not imply that taking additional notes is forbidden. It simply means that the documents are available for students if they need them. The question is whether this policy encourage student to rely more on the slides than they should (reasoning "I can read the course whenever I want, so I don't need to listen carefully in class").]

Is there any evidence of which is better. I am searching for evidence that could solve the following situations (list not exhaustive) without relying on personnal taste/preferences:


you don't have a lot of experience in teaching and you want to build an opinion on the subject
you share a class with an other professor, and one of you think slides should be distributed, the other not




Suppose that there is no problem of copyright, etc.. Class level may be a parameter (e.g. undergrad vs grad).



The question here is related, but no answer seem to provide evidence other than experience or testimony, which are not strong evidences. A study from education sciences, pedagogy or something similar would be much better. I suppose such study exist, yet I can't find such a study on google scholar or similar sites.
There is contradictory evidence I think on whether for the general student, providing materials is beneficial or not. 

For example, a study finding a benefit in providing notes:
Raver, S. A., &amp; Maydosz, A. S. (2010). Impact of the provision and timing of instructor-provided notes on university students’ learning. Active Learning in Higher Education, 11(3), 189–200. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787410379682

A study finding that providing notes is detrimental:
Weatherly, J. N., Grabe, M., &amp; Arthur, E. I. L. (2003). Providing Introductory Psychology Students Access to Lecture Slides via Blackboard 5: A Negative Impact on Performance. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 31(4), 463–474. https://doi.org/10.2190/KRW7-QHFY-AY3M-FFJC

Lots more on google scholar.

However, i think it is better established that providing notes is beneficial to those with various specific learning difficulties (SpLD) like dyslexia and dyspraxia (although I don't have the evidence to hand) and we are required to provide materials to this group of students. Given the large number of such students in a modern classroom, and the effort it would require to distribute materials to only this group, it is easy just to give it to everyone. 

I tend to provide my slides, before the lecture, but  - my slides contain little to no text, meaning some notes must be taken. I also draw a lot of diagrams during the lecture, that are represented as blank slides in the pre-lecture notes. 

After the lecture I provide the slides with the blanks filled in, and my speaker notes.