Is Google Killing Your Memory?

2013-11-23

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We're all living in the age of Google. What are search engines and technology doing to our memory?

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The fMRI images are from this study-How Google is reshaping your brain: http://youtu.be/2jk2scOd2ps

The scientific paper [$]: http://www.ajgponline.org/article/S1064-7481(12)60731-3/

I was also inspired by this study-How memory works differently in the age of Google: http://youtu.be/ihgXRWaIlVE

The scientific paper [$]: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6043/776

Music: Bass Walker by Kevin MacLeod/http://incompetech.com

Thanks to Derek Muller for his help reviewing this script and earlier versions of this video.