Thought. The impact of the internet on the memory презентация

Agenda
The impact of the internet on the memory
Brain multitasking
PLagiarism

The impact of the internet on the memory
People become more dependent on the Internet
JUST GOOGLE IT
How our brain have changed in recent times?

First experiment
People type unimportant facts into a computer
People remember facts, knowing where to find them on the computer
Second experiment
Task
Understood the computer would save the information
Understood the computer wouldn’t save it
Remember the information better
Task
Remember the folder location better than the facts

The result
Using the internet develop stronger transactive memory
Transactive memory
People don’t remember the information itself, they remember where it is stored
The way we use memory is changed

Brain multitasking
A person's ability to do more than one thing at a time
High-tech multitasking
Writing an essay
Reading messages
Listening to music

The experiment
The aim
Examine our brain from the inside using magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)
The task
To give people two tasks requiring concentration to do at the same time
The result
Our brain is not paying attention to 2 tasks simultaneously

The result
Wasting time
Loosing speed and accuracy
Can result in accident
we should control our desire to use a wide variety of electronic media

Plagiarism
«The process or practice of using another person's ideas or work and pretending that it is your own»
Dictionary.Cambridge.org
Includes:
Using another's production without crediting the source
Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
Paraphrasing or restructuring ideas without stating where it comes from

How to avoid Plagiarism
Cite your source
Don't procrastinate with your research and assignments
Don't take the "easy way" out
Paraphrase
Use plagiarism checker

Conclusion
Internet has changed our life
Changed the way we use our memory
Allow to multitask
Provide access to a huge flow of information
Developing stronger transactive memory
Less focused and accurate
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