Internet search engines cause poor memory

July 15, 2011 14:35

Hang on a bit the next time you go to Google to get information. A a new study says that Internet search engines are making people lose their memory. Researchers at Columbia University have found that increasing number of users relied on their computers as a form of "external memory" as frequent use of online information libraries "wired" human brains.

The study, examining the so-called "Google effect", found people had poor recall of knowledge if they knew where answers to questions were easily found.

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