This Is Your Brain On Google
A new study from Columbia University and Harvard scholars suggests that our dependence on search engines for instant information is causing a new kind of amnesia called “The Google Effect.”
The team, which was led by psychologist Betsy Sparrow, found that human memory is changing how it stores information based on our dependence on search engines.
The San Jose Mercury has more: “…the team proved that people are better at remembering where to find facts, rather than the facts themselves.
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