The Google Effect | Why You Can't Remember Things

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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  • @Thestickcreator
    @Thestickcreator Жыл бұрын

    Very good and interesting video! I have however a comment to make, that is a third way of seeing this effect. I see Google as an endless source of precise information that I may store in my brain to know 'em, and to use them fast whenever i need them, without the need to search them again. But I usually memorize things that I read from the web in a "simpler" way, with less details.. only the most important things, you know, with the certainty that if I have to know the exact thing the way it is described on the web itself, I can always search them again and again every time I forget them. So I know that the complete topic with every single detail stays there, at my mercy, whenever I want, but I try my best to keep the significant information in mind every time I read some news or some facts :)

  • @lordjack225pig2
    @lordjack225pig22 жыл бұрын

    This is super interesting!! Google effect definitely has pros and cons

  • @MindfulThinks

    @MindfulThinks

    2 жыл бұрын

    It certainly does!

  • @montage1555
    @montage1555 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Way under rated

  • @sallysmith6544
    @sallysmith65442 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, keep up the good work!

  • @MindfulThinks

    @MindfulThinks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @horrorhabit8421
    @horrorhabit84212 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I would recommend that when you get that "it's on the tip of my tongue" feeling, don't Google it. Just sit with it. You're brain will spit it out eventually.

  • @MindfulThinks

    @MindfulThinks

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is a good tip!

  • @Vwerlg

    @Vwerlg

    3 ай бұрын

    It's like your brain don't wanna give ya anything just to preserve energy.