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July 15, 2011 08:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/grydm9A9nkk/Internet-Use-Found-To-Affect-Memory
Internet Use Found To Affect Memory
An anonymous reader writes "The rise of Internet search engines has changed the way our brain remembers information, according to a new study out of Columbia University (abstract). 'We are reorganizing the way we remember things,' said the study's lead researcher. Because search engines like Google and Bing are so easily at hand, we feel less need to remember details that can be easily looked up. One possible upside: 'Perhaps those who teach in any context, be they college professors, doctors or business leaders, will become increasingly focused on imparting greater understanding of ideas and ways of thinking, and less focused on memorization. And perhaps those who learn will become less occupied with facts and more engaged in larger questions of understanding.'" 
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