According to new research on human memory scientists have found that due to mass use of the Internet and mostly we are using the search engines like google, yahoo, bing, baidu, ask etc for getting answers of our doubts and in result we are not using our memory database and loosing the knowledge.
Researchers said that people are not getting under stress to get the answer of their queries because they believe they can use the search engines for getting any type of query and without any further labour.
In one experiment where participants typed 40 bits of trivia, the team found that the subjects were significantly more likely to remember information if they thought they would not be able to find it later.
“Participants did not make the effort to remember when they thought they could later look up the trivia statement they had read,” wrote the authors.
A second experiment was aimed at determining whether computer accessibility affects precisely what we remember.
“If asked the question whether there are any countries with only one colour in their flag, for example,” the researchers wrote, “do we think about flags – or immediately think to go online to find out?”
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.
“That kind of blew my mind,” Dr. Sparrow said.
The experiment explores an aspect of what is known as transactive memory – the notion that we rely on our family, friends and co-workers as well as reference material to store information for us.
The Internet’s effects on memory are still largely unexplored, Dr. Sparrow said, adding that her experiments had led her to conclude that the Internet has become our primary external storage system.
“Human memory,” she said, “is adapting to new communications technology.”
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Good information. Maybe, we should also play some memory games online.
Yes, it is very true. The more we rely on modern gadgets, the more we lose out on our own ability to control our lives and be functional. Insightful post!
How very profound but true!. for example the other day I Googled a % value of a certain number and got the answer. I didnt have to use my noggin to work it out.
once upon a time we relied on calculators. now we have laptops!
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very important point you have shared and i think its right that we are loosing our memory because we don’t like to use our mind, for example am don’t like to use my memory for question and don’t like even remember it because i always think that there is a solution of every trouble (search engines) then no need to waste energy, often i feel that its not a good thing and with the passage of time i can lose my energy and potential to remember the things in my mind.
Its true – internet really is a memory destructor.
This was a good read and really made me notice how reliant I am on the internet.
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I agree. If I need some kind of information I usually go to google and make a query. After reading the information I just close the web page and thats all.
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