Cognitive costs of technology: memory and navigation decline
Reliance on tools like Google and GPS weakens internal cognitive capacities. People who use Google for fact retrieval develop weaker memory for the information itself. Habitual GPS users show measurable decline in hippocampal-dependent spatial navigation, according to a study published in Nature Scientific Reports.
Key facts
- Using Google weakens memory for retrieved information.
- Habitual GPS use leads to decline in hippocampal-dependent spatial navigation.
- Study published in Nature Scientific Reports (2020).
- Cognitive capacity weakens with disuse when tools perform operations reliably.
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- Nature Scientific Reports
- Aeon