digital technology - negative effects

study

kaspersky

kaspersky - aim

 find out how heavily people rely on their digital devices rather than their memory.

kaspersky - method

• Internet survey - 6000 consumers 16-55

• Participants asked to recall important telephone numbers. 

• Asked how and where they stored info located online

kaspersky - findings

• More than half adult consumers could recall home phone number

• Half parents could recall childrens phone numbers

• Half remembered work number

• ⅓ happy to forget or risk info they can find online

• 24% forget online fact as soon as its used

• 36% turn to internet before trying to remember information