From: The Washington Post
Online search engines may be affecting memory, studies say
July 15, 2011
Washington Post:
Search engines may be changing the way our brains remember information, according to research released Thursday.
In a series of experiments, Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow and her colleagues produced evidence that people are more likely to remember things they do not think they can find online and will have a harder time remembering things they think they’ll be able to find online. In addition, people are better at remembering where to look for information on the Internet than they are remembering the information itself, the studies found.
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