TITLE   (repeat posting:  Best of 2018)

Simple Ways to Be Better at Remembering

DESCRIPTION

The article points out that the use of smartphones and computers to search and find information has fundamentally negatively altered the way our memory systems operate.   With the information we need at the touch of a button and all of the distractions of social media, we actually remember less well than when these resources were not so readily available.   The article offers tried and true methods, found in research, that improves memory retention and recall.   This article can be used in both the chapters on memory and discussion of methods of study.

SOURCE

New York Times, October 19, 2017, by Adam Popescu

LINK TO RESOURCE

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/smarter-living/simple-ways-to-be-better-at-remembering.html

(Tiny URL)  http://tinyurl.com/y83jyeoa

CLASS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

•What does the article point out regarding the use of technology in terms of information retention?   

•How do distractions affect the information processing system?

•What strategies are suggested to better retain information and improve memory?