People who lean on a search engine such as Google may get the right answers but they can also end up with a wrong idea of how strong their own memory is, according to a study that Ward published in August. That’s because online search is so seamless and always available that people often don’t have the chance to experience their own failure to remember things, the study found.
The findings are part of a wave of new research in recent years examining the intersection of the internet and human memory.
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Ingram, D. (2021, December 9). The Internet is Tricking Our Brains. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/internet-tricking-brains-rcna7193