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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3052" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/internet-tricking-brains-rcna7193" target="_blank"><strong>The internet is tricking our brains - NBC</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Researchers are finding that the intersection of Google, smartphones and our memories is starting to mess with how we judge our own abilities.</strong></p><p></p><p>Every now and then, Adrian Ward likes to test himself against the internet’s most-used search engine. </p><p></p><p>“There are times when I have the impulse to Google something, and I don’t,” said Ward, who studies psychology as an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. </p><p></p><p>“Because,” he said, “I want to see if I can drag that up from memory.” </p><p></p><p>It’s a challenge that’s familiar to anyone with a smartphone in their pocket who can’t quite remember the year that a favorite album came out or the name of an actor in an old movie. Take out the phone? Or rack the brain?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3052, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/internet-tricking-brains-rcna7193'][B]The internet is tricking our brains - NBC[/B][/URL] [B]Researchers are finding that the intersection of Google, smartphones and our memories is starting to mess with how we judge our own abilities.[/B] Every now and then, Adrian Ward likes to test himself against the internet’s most-used search engine. “There are times when I have the impulse to Google something, and I don’t,” said Ward, who studies psychology as an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. “Because,” he said, “I want to see if I can drag that up from memory.” It’s a challenge that’s familiar to anyone with a smartphone in their pocket who can’t quite remember the year that a favorite album came out or the name of an actor in an old movie. Take out the phone? Or rack the brain? [/QUOTE]
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