{"id":4209,"date":"2015-11-23T03:35:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T07:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=4209"},"modified":"2015-11-19T15:43:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T19:43:04","slug":"does-dependence-on-technology-making-us-brainless-and-unintelligent-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2015\/11\/23\/does-dependence-on-technology-making-us-brainless-and-unintelligent-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Dependence on Technology Making Us Brainless and Unintelligent? Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4210\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCN3054-squirrel-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCN3054-squirrel-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Look a Squirrel!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCN3054-squirrel-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCN3054-squirrel-3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSCN3054-squirrel-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look a Squirrel!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mobile devices, social media, and streaming are all the rage. But what effect does all that tech really have on your brain?<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is Your Brain on Tech:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cLook! A squirrel!\u201d<\/strong> Tech is a distraction. Take yourself for example&#8230; You\u2019re on tech \u2013 probably logged on to check the weather &#8211; then noticed you had some new emails&#8230; Which reminded you of your Facebook friend whose car was stolen\u2026 And now you\u2019re reading GPS trivia about how tech melts your brain. Think you\u2019re multi-tasking? Nope. You\u2019re just doing all 10 activities poorly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cHas anyone seen my post-its?\u201d<\/strong> Tech butts into what you\u2019re doing, diverting working memory before it is transferred into long-term memory and stored. It also overloads your working memory, causing you to lose some of the \u201cold stuff\u201d as your continued Googling dumps yet more information into your brain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m not lazy; I\u2019d just prefer to Google it.\u201d<\/strong> People used to retain vast amounts of knowledge, which they could pull-up and recite on demand. Today\u2019s tech, however, has limited this drive, which is instead outsourced to tech to handle.<\/p>\n<p>Come back and visit us on Wednesday for the rest of this article.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile devices, social media, and streaming are all the rage. But what effect does all that tech really have on your brain? This is Your Brain on Tech: \u201cLook! A squirrel!\u201d Tech is a distraction. Take yourself for example&#8230; You\u2019re on tech \u2013 probably logged on to check the weather &#8211; then noticed you had some new emails&#8230; Which reminded you of your Facebook friend whose car was stolen\u2026 And now you\u2019re reading GPS trivia about how tech melts your brain. Think you\u2019re multi-tasking? Nope. You\u2019re just doing all 10 activities poorly. \u201cHas anyone seen my post-its?\u201d Tech butts into what you\u2019re doing, diverting working memory before it is transferred into long-term memory and stored. It also overloads your working memory, causing you to lose some of the \u201cold stuff\u201d as your continued Googling dumps yet more information into your brain. \u201cI\u2019m not lazy; I\u2019d just prefer to Google it.\u201d People used to retain vast amounts of knowledge, which they could pull-up and recite on demand. Today\u2019s tech, however, has limited this drive, which is instead outsourced to tech to handle. 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