Friday, April 3, 2015

Internet makes people think they are smarter

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A new study that modern technology makes people think they are smarter, since this means made access to information is very easy, and is something that may make them make mistakes in assessing mental abilities and exaggerate it.
And This is the summary of results as research conducted by "Yale University" of America, where he pointed out the study, published in the beginning of this month on the website for "Journal of Experimental Psychology", where researchers from the American University tested two groups of students used the Internet first and second No, and the goal is not just a workout and knowledge but also their confidence in the ability to answer the questions correctly.
Researchers have noted that 9 out of 10 cases in the first group have shown great confidence in their ability to answer using search engines, even before knowing the question, as they believed that mental skills higher than the others using the Internet, even if they did not find an answer in search results.
And the longer this study from Yale University, an extension of an earlier article published in 2008, the researcher, "Nicholas Carr," which asks whether the search engines, led by Google make us stupid? And which highlighted on this topic, as it seems that the Internet will become an important part of cognitive abilities.

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