What is "The Google Effect"? In this video, we will be taking a look at digital amnesia and its effects on your memory and your brain. Google is a powerful tool and is being used as a transactive memory source for us in the 21st century. Just as notebooks and sticky notes were used as external memory sources in the past, Google and the internet have almost replaced these items to make our transactive memory almost limitless. Enjoy the video!

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Additional Reading:
Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/dwegner/files/sparrow_et_al._2011.pdf
Is The Google Effect Messing With Your Brain?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/stretching-theory/202109/is-the-google-effect-messing-your-brain
What Is The “Google” Effect?
https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/what-is-the-google-effect.html

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The Google Effect | Why You Can't Remember Things