‘Let Me Google That:’ Reliance On Technology Causing ‘Digital Amnesia’ In Our Brains

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you are reaching for Google for things that you “just knew” a few years ago you may be suffering from the downside of our electronic technology.
It is called Digital Amnesia and Pitt Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Swathi Gujral says it is a self-induced condition.“20 years ago, we had to remember a lot more things be when we didn’t have Google computers, phones to do a lot of remembering for us,” Dr. Gujral said. “So we had