Cognitive Processing in the Digital World

Cognitive Processing in the Digital World

Technology on cognition? More good? More bad?

Digital Amnesia

forgetting information that you trust a digital device to remember for you

Kapersky Lab, 2015

• more than half adult participants = remember their phone number of the house that they lived in at the age of 10 but NOT their children's number

• one quarter of participants would forget an online fact shortly after using it

• Digital amnesia was equally present in all age groups

neuroplasticity

• Neuroplasticity

• strengthen cognitive function that are utilized more often

• weakens cognitive function that are rarely used

CHILDREN KNOW HOW TO USE TABLETS EVEN BEFORE THEY LEARN TO SPEAK; GOOD/BAD?

Corona = Online Learning!!

what are the difficulties that you faced during online learning and what do you think are the reasons? Why is one more beneficial than the other?

Positive influences of Technology

Rosel et al. (2007)

• surgeon play games involving visuospatial skills

• fewer errors in surgery drills

• performed faster surgery

Fery & Ponserre (2012)

• golf simulation

• 1 condition for fun, 1 condition for training

• USEFUL for both conditions

Negative influences of Technology

Rosen et al. (2013)

• digital technology, multi-tasking, school achievement

• technology increases off-task behavior = lowers school achievement

Loh & Kanai (2014)

• media multi-tasking and grey matter

• correlation between reported multi-tasking and lowering of grey matter in the brain

What do you think is the relationship between multi-tasking and the lowering of grey matter?

Open Ended

What do you think is the relationship between multi-tasking and the lowering of grey matter?

MULTI-TASKING = NO FOCUS = NO IMPROVEMENT!

Open Ended

So far, what are the positive and negative influences on your life? (2 for each positive & negative)