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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > Google effect

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Google effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon occurring when "people are more likely to remember information that is deleted from a computer than information that is saved on a computer" (Schooler & Storm, 2021, p. 1101).

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Entry terms

  • digital amnesia

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Schooler, J. N., & Storm, B. C. (2021). Saved information is remembered less well than deleted information, if the saving process is perceived as reliable. Memory, 29(9), 1101–1110. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2021.1962356

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: closed]
  • • Sparrow, B., Liu, J., & Wegner, D. M. (2011). Google effects on memory : Cognitive consequences of having information at our fingertips. Science, 333(6043), 776‑778. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207745

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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