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Is the Internet Changing Our Memory?
- Published_at:2014-03-19
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:DNews
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- description: Many of us spend hours a day on the Internet, and whenever we have a question, it's easy to go to Google to quickly look up information. Is this changing the way our memory works? Anthony is here to explain how living in a world of constant information is affecting us. Check out the video on PBS Idea Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoH3dlKZ-A0 Read More: Research Shows That Internet Is Rewiring Our Brains http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/PRN-081015_gary-small-ibrain.aspx "The generation gap has been upgraded. In a world brimming with ever-advancing technology, the generations are now separated by a "brain gap" between young "digital natives" and older "digital immigrants," according to Dr. Gary Small, director of UCLA's Memory and Aging Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and UCLA's Parlow-Solomon Chair on Aging." If Your Brain Were A Computer, How Much Storage Space Would It Have? http://io9.com/if-your-brain-were-a-computer-how-much-storage-space-w-509687776 "The comparison between the human brain and a computer is not a perfect one, but it does lend itself to some interesting lines of inquiry." The Magical Mystery Four: How is Working Memory Capacity Limited and Why? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2864034/ "Working memory storage capacity is important because cognitive tasks can be completed only with sufficient ability to hold information as it is processed." What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-memory-capacity/ "Can an old head injury suddenly cause detrimental effects much later in life?" Working Memory Capacity http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=gEx4AgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT2&dq=brain+memory+capacity+nelson+cowan&ots=_y0VzI5Vht&sig=kuWXc0E-S1fqrzAXBkrBaE4ESYM#v=onepage&q=brain%20memory%20capacity%20nelson%20cowan&f=false The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-overflowing-brain-9780195372885;jsessionid=96CE3BFEDB3F2533BA587C56262047FD?cc=us&lang=en& "As the pace of technological change accelerates, we are increasingly experiencing a state of information overload." Torkel Klingberg, Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience http://www.klingberglab.se/people/torkel/ Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/health/15memory.html "The widespread use of search engines and online databases has affected the way people remember information, researchers are reporting." Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6043/776.abstract#aff-2 "The advent of the Internet, with sophisticated algorithmic search engines, has made accessing information as easy as lifting a finger." Watch More: Archiving Memories on the Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoH3dlKZ-A0 TestTube Wild Card http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-437-pets-make-us-healthier?utm_campaign=DNWC&utm_medium=DNews&utm_source=YT When Do Childhood Memories Fade? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6b0SU4xxDo ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq
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