Fill in the Blanks Internet and memoryOnline version Fill in the gaps with words on the right by Jakub Kepinski 1 backed storage while less began making these suggests accessible tend far quantities presented believes at available New research the Internet is changing our memory . Researchers from Colombia University people with different questions and found many to think of computers . Lead researcher Dr Betsy Sparrow said that when test participants knew the answers would be on a computer , they did well on the memory tests . She said we use the Internet as a new " transactive memory " . We rely on this to do the remembering for us . It ? s similar to our personal data being up on a hard disk . The Internet acts as a huge device for all the world ? s knowledge , that is there when we need it . Dr Sparrow said computers were not us less intelligent . " I don't think Google is making us stupid . We're just changing the way that we're remembering things , " she said . Dr Sparrow we are becoming very good remembering where we keep information in different folders on our computers . She said : " This suggests that for the things we can find online , we to keep it online as as memory is concerned - we keep it externally stored . " She explained that because we are remembering the location of the information , rather than the information itself , we are becoming better at organising huge of data and facts in a more way . She also said the way we use technology is changing our need to remember things , saying : " If you can find stuff online even you're walking down the street days , then the skill to have , the thing to remember is where to go to find the information . "
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