NBC Los Angeles

3 simple steps to fight ‘the Google effect' and improve your memory recall

Over the past five years, I estimate I've made the same lemon bar recipe dozens of times, if not more. While the steps are second nature, I'm hopeless at remembering any of the measurements. When I ...
Nature

Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says

Adrian Ward had been driving confidently around Austin, Texas, for nine years — until last November, when he started getting lost. Ward’s phone had been acting up, and Apple Maps had stopped working.
KQED

Recent studies on the “Google effect” add to evidence that the internet is making us dumber

One of the great debates in education spans more than two millennia. Around 370 B.C., Plato wrote that his teacher Socrates fretted that writing things down would cause humans to become ignorant ...
The Hechinger Report

PROOF POINTS: A spate of recent studies on the “Google effect” adds to evidence that the internet is making us dumber

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Around 370 B.C., ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Take these 3 simple steps to improve your memory and rely less on Google: ‘Use it or lose it'

Over the past five years, I estimate I've made the same lemon bar recipe dozens of times, if not more. While the steps are second nature, I'm hopeless at remembering any of the measurements. When I ...