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Book News
 16 Jul 2011, 12:34 #123743 Reply To Post
Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds

New York Times Article

The widespread use of search engines and online databases has affected the way people remember information, researchers are reporting.

The scientists, led by Betsy Sparrow, an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia, wondered whether people were more likely to remember information that could be easily retrieved from a computer, just as students are more likely to recall facts they believe will be on a test.

Dr. Sparrow and her collaborators, Daniel M. Wegner of Harvard and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, staged four different memory experiments. In one, participants typed 40 bits of trivia — for example, “an ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain” — into a computer. Half of the subjects believed the information would be saved in the computer; the other half believed the items they typed would be erased.

The subjects were significantly more likely to remember information if they thought they would not be able to find it later. “Participants did not make the effort to Read full article
archie_the_cat
 16 Jul 2011, 13:23 #123745 Reply To Post
I think this is probably true – that the internet changes people’s attitudes to memorising things.

I see it in the pub-quiz. The dynamic of a pub quiz is completely different now to the way it was before the internet.

Used to be that a pub quiz was the preserve of middle aged men. A certain type of person (to use a broad stereotype) found a lot of social cache in having loads of facts immediately to hand. That person could often be a bore, but would come into his own in the pub-quiz.

Now everyone has access to all facts at all times. Being the know-it-all has become completely devalued.

Plus you used to be able to make up facts with no fear of contradiction. But now people can easily check if your made-up trivia is true.

papa stas
 16 Jul 2011, 14:33 #123750 Reply To Post
Quote: Book News, Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 12:34
Participants did not make the effort to Read full article


Did they read part of it?

papa
stas (Lazy participants)


This post was last edited by papa stas, 16 Jul 2011, 14:36
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sulcus
 16 Jul 2011, 16:38 #123760 Reply To Post
Quote: archie_the_cat, Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 13:23
I think this is probably true – that the internet changes people’s attitudes to memorising things.

I see it in the pub-quiz. The dynamic of a pub quiz is completely different now to the way it was before the internet.

Used to be that a pub quiz was the preserve of middle aged men. A certain type of person (to use a broad stereotype) found a lot of social cache in having loads of facts immediately to hand. That person could often be a bore, but would come into his own in the pub-quiz.

Now everyone has access to all facts at all times. Being the know-it-all has become completely devalued.

Plus you used to be able to make up facts with no fear of contradiction. But now people can easily check if your made-up trivia is true.



surely the pub quiz thing is that younger more adept folk are quicker over the keypad of their I-phones to get the answers in time?
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pam123writing
 18 Jul 2011, 23:46 #123966 Reply To Post
Quote: sulcus, Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 16:38
Quote: archie_the_cat, Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 13:23
I think this is probably true – that the internet changes people’s attitudes to memorising things.

I see it in the pub-quiz. The dynamic of a pub quiz is completely different now to the way it was before the internet.

Used to be that a pub quiz was the preserve of middle aged men. A certain type of person (to use a broad stereotype) found a lot of social cache in having loads of facts immediately to hand. That person could often be a bore, but would come into his own in the pub-quiz.

Now everyone has access to all facts at all times. Being the know-it-all has become completely devalued.

Plus you used to be able to make up facts with no fear of contradiction. But now people can easily check if your made-up trivia is true.



surely the pub quiz thing is that younger more adept folk are quicker over the keypad of their I-phones to get the answers in time?


Anyone caught cheating using a phone at our quiz gets chucked out the pub and barred! We've got a big, beefy landlord and his enormous ex-prison warden wife, so no one would dare. But then again, it's mainly over forties in our pub anyway, not youngsters with I-phones. Hey, sulcus, I've just watched you reading from AB&E on Nightreading, complete with veil and you look and sound just like I thought you would. Nice one.
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sulcus
 19 Jul 2011, 10:17 #123998 Reply To Post
Quote: pam123writing, Monday, 18 Jul 2011 23:46
Quote: sulcus, Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 16:38
Quote: archie_the_cat, Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 13:23
I think this is probably true – that the internet changes people’s attitudes to memorising things.

I see it in the pub-quiz. The dynamic of a pub quiz is completely different now to the way it was before the internet.

Used to be that a pub quiz was the preserve of middle aged men. A certain type of person (to use a broad stereotype) found a lot of social cache in having loads of facts immediately to hand. That person could often be a bore, but would come into his own in the pub-quiz.

Now everyone has access to all facts at all times. Being the know-it-all has become completely devalued.

Plus you used to be able to make up facts with no fear of contradiction. But now people can easily check if your made-up trivia is true.



surely the pub quiz thing is that younger more adept folk are quicker over the keypad of their I-phones to get the answers in time?


Anyone caught cheating using a phone at our quiz gets chucked out the pub and barred! We've got a big, beefy landlord and his enormous ex-prison warden wife, so no one would dare. But then again, it's mainly over forties in our pub anyway, not youngsters with I-phones. Hey, sulcus, I've just watched you reading from AB&E on Nightreading, complete with veil and you look and sound just like I thought you would. Nice one.


Ha thanks Pam!
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
pam123writing
 19 Jul 2011, 11:54 #124016 Reply To Post
Quote: sulcus, Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011 10:17
Quote: pam123writing, Monday, 18 Jul 2011 23:46
Quote: sulcus, Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 16:38
Quote: archie_the_cat, Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 13:23
I think this is probably true – that the internet changes people’s attitudes to memorising things.

I see it in the pub-quiz. The dynamic of a pub quiz is completely different now to the way it was before the internet.

Used to be that a pub quiz was the preserve of middle aged men. A certain type of person (to use a broad stereotype) found a lot of social cache in having loads of facts immediately to hand. That person could often be a bore, but would come into his own in the pub-quiz.

Now everyone has access to all facts at all times. Being the know-it-all has become completely devalued.

Plus you used to be able to make up facts with no fear of contradiction. But now people can easily check if your made-up trivia is true.



surely the pub quiz thing is that younger more adept folk are quicker over the keypad of their I-phones to get the answers in time?


Anyone caught cheating using a phone at our quiz gets chucked out the pub and barred! We've got a big, beefy landlord and his enormous ex-prison warden wife, so no one would dare. But then again, it's mainly over forties in our pub anyway, not youngsters with I-phones. Hey, sulcus, I've just watched you reading from AB&E on Nightreading, complete with veil and you look and sound just like I thought you would. Nice one.


Ha thanks Pam!


Are you planning on Kindling it? I fancy reading it but don't buy books anymore.
Three Steps to Heaven
'Til I Kissed You
Always On My Mind
A rock'n'roll romance series by Pam Howes all available on Amazon in paperback and e-Books.
Visit my website for details.
Fast Movin' Train - A stand alone love story.
Amazon links on:
website

"And, in the end, the love you take / Is equal to the love you make." Lennon and McCartney 1969
Warren Peace
 19 Jul 2011, 12:00 #124017 Reply To Post
You don't pay taxes is bad enough. Now you want to read David's book for twenty pence.

Get your wallet out, woman.
pam123writing
 19 Jul 2011, 12:09 #124021 Reply To Post
Quote: Warren Peace, Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011 12:00
You don't pay taxes is bad enough. Now you want to read David's book for twenty pence.

Get your wallet out, woman.


You trying to say I'm tightfisted? It's a storage problem. No more room for books in this place. It's the character that doesn't pay taxes, not me. I'm law abiding, occasionally.
Three Steps to Heaven
'Til I Kissed You
Always On My Mind
A rock'n'roll romance series by Pam Howes all available on Amazon in paperback and e-Books.
Visit my website for details.
Fast Movin' Train - A stand alone love story.
Amazon links on:
website

"And, in the end, the love you take / Is equal to the love you make." Lennon and McCartney 1969
Warren Peace
 19 Jul 2011, 12:12 #124023 Reply To Post
You trying to say I'm tightfisted?

Hopefully, I'm succeeding.
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