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Showing posts tagged recall
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Internet's memory effects quantified in computer study
A more telling experiment provided a stream of facts to participants, with half told to file them away in a number of “folders” on a computer, and half told that the facts would be erased.
When asked to remember the facts, those who knew the information would not be available later performed significantly better than those who filed the information away.
But those who expected the information would be available were remarkably good at remembering in which folder they had stored the information.
“This suggests that for the things we can find online, we tend keep it online as far as memory is concerned - we keep it externally stored,” Dr Sparrow said.
She explained that the propensity of participants to remember the location of the information, rather than the information itself, is a sign that people are not becoming less able to remember things, but simply organising vast amounts of available information in a more accessible way.
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Wing Cracks and Cars That Won't Stop
Interesting.
For years I’ve been fielding emails from electronics engineers convinced that electromagnetic interference played a role in all those out-of-control Prius, RAV4s, Corollas.
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I’m having a very difficult time finishing anything lately. Post-college blues? I literally forced...
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Minimalist DC Superhero Mugshot Poster by Michael Myers
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“When The Chips Are Down”
Emmanuel O’Brien
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The Fifth Element by Paul Andrew/December Studio
