{"id":2690,"date":"2011-07-15T09:28:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T13:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2690"},"modified":"2011-07-15T09:28:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T13:28:22","slug":"internet-use-affects-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/15\/internet-use-affects-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 “Internet Use Affects Memory”"},"content":{"rendered":"

via NYTimes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Dr. Sparrow and her collaborators, Daniel M. Wegner of Harvard and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, staged four different\u00a0memory<\/a>\u00a0experiments. In one, participants typed 40 bits of trivia \u2014 for example, \u201can ostrich\u2019s eye is bigger than its brain\u201d \u2014 into a computer. Half of the subjects believed the information would be saved in the computer; the other half believed the items they typed would be erased.<\/p>\n

The subjects were significantly more likely to remember information if they thought they would not be able to find it later. \u201cParticipants did not make the effort to remember when they thought they could later look up the trivia statement they had read,\u201d the authors write.<\/p>\n

A second experiment was aimed at determining whether computer accessibility affects precisely what we remember. \u201cIf asked the question whether there are any countries with only one color in their flag, for example,\u201d the researchers wrote, \u201cdo we think about flags \u2014 or immediately think to go online to find out?\u201d<\/p>\n

In this case, participants were asked to remember both the trivia statement itself and which of five computer folders it was saved in. The researchers were surprised to find that people seemed better able to recall the folder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I always considered my issues with memory loss to be something that only affects me but I notice more peers have the same issue but simply don’t realize or admit that it’s the reality. Every aspect of my life is stored somewhere on the web. Why do I need to remember it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via NYTimes: Dr. Sparrow and her collaborators, Daniel M. Wegner of Harvard and Jenny Liu of the University…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-Ho","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8534,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/technology-24-hours-with-an-apple-silicon-powered-macintosh-m1\/","url_meta":{"origin":2690,"position":0},"title":"Technology: 24 Hours with an Apple Silicon Powered Macintosh (M1)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"When WWDC solidified to me that a new professional class notebook would not be available this Summer, I purchased a 13\u201d MacBook Pro about 5 minutes after their keynote ended. 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