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Roman Kudryashov
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- September 21, 2012
- 06:00 PM
- 270 views
A Tale of Two Memories: Long-Term Memory and “Google Memory”
by S. Garrity Guenther in WhatAreTheseIdeas.com
The Google Effect proposes that the availability of information on the Internet is impairing our ability to remember information. Though there are very clear cognitive consequences, not all are negative.... Read more »
Betsy Sparrow1, Jenny Liu, & Daniel M. Wegner. (2011) Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips. Science . DOI: 10.1126/science.1207745
Manuel London, Jeffrey T. Polzer, & Heather Omoregie. (2005) Interpersonal Congruence, Transactive Memory, and Feedback Processes: An Integrative Model of Group Learning. Human Resource Development Review. DOI: 10.1177/1534484305275767
- August 17, 2012
- 05:00 PM
- 220 views
How Epigenetics Gives Darwin the Finger
by Katie Bainbridge in WhatAreTheseIdeas.com
Can “nurture” be turned into “nature?” How epigenetics fundamentally changes everything you thought you knew about genetics.... Read more »
G. Kaati, L. O. Bygren, & S. Edvinsson. (2002) Cardiovascular and diabetes mortality determined by nutrition during parents' and grandparents' slow growth period. European Journal of Human Genetics, 682-688. DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200859
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