“Most
adults can call the phone number of the house where they lived when they were
10 years old but can not remember their children’s number. Why does this
phenomenon occur?
A few decades ago remembering the phone
number of your house or the house of your friends and family was something usual.
However, with the advent of
smartphones, people gradually began to forget even their own number.
This
is a phenomenon called by experts as "digital amnesia". For example,
if your phone is lost tomorrow, how many phone numbers would you be able to
know by heart?
A recent research, conducted by
security firm Kaspersky Lab, seeks to address precisely this issue. The study found a direct link between
the data that is available when you press a phone button, and our inability to
save the data in our memory.
Thus,
this phenomenon of 'digital amnesia' is the experience of forgetting
information that we entrust to a digital device to store and recall for us.”
This
is a partial and rough translation of the article AMNESIA DIGITAL: EL EFECTO
SECUNDARIO DE NUESTROS SMARTPHONES E INTERNET that you can find in here.
Source: tecno.americaeconomia.com
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