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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).

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • digital amnesia

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Camerer, C. F., Dreber, A., Holzmeister, F., Ho, T.-H., Huber, J., Johannesson, M., Kirchler, M., Nave, G., Nosek, B. A., Pfeiffer, T., Altmejd, A., Buttrick, N., Chan, T., Chen, Y., Forsell, E., Gampa, A., Heikensten, E., Hummer, L., Imai, T., … Wu, H. (2018). Evaluating the replicability of social science experiments in Nature and Science between 2010 and 2015. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(9), 637–644. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0399-z

    • Document type: empirical study

    , replication

    • Access: closed

  • • Hesselmann, G. (2020). No conclusive evidence that difficult general knowledge questions cause a “Google Stroop effect”. A replication study. PeerJ, 8, e10325. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10325

    • Document type: empirical study

    , replication

    • Access: open

  • • 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

    • Document 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

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-P23RVJ0X-6

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