Any new technology providing wider access to information has often raised concern in our history.

The more neurotransmitters we have and the more frequent their signals, the stronger the connections between neurons become.

By constantly interrupting what we are doing, we are interfering with our ability to form both short- and long-term memories.

Though our brains are designed to seek new data, too much of it may be causing this function to be out of control.

We should always remember to spend more time thinking and less time accessing information.

The latter group made no effort to recall the information when quizzed on it later, because they knew they could find it on their computers.

In other words, human memory is not getting worse but “adapting to new communications technology,” said the professor.

The trend will change our approach to learning from a focus on individual facts and memorization to an emphasis on more conceptual thinking, which is usually not available on the internet.