digitech theories

transaction memory

a system of collective memory which is shared between members of a group

technology on transaction memory

easy access to information means there’s less stress on remembering it as if it is forgotten it can be researched again

• cognitive offload

• negative recall

studies on transaction memory

• sparrow et al. (2011)

• storm and stone (2015)

working memory

short term memory: small amount of information that can be held in an accessible state and used in cognitive tasks

working memory capacity

maximum amount of information we can hold in our mind at a given moment

digitech influence on working memory

• increased multitasking

• not good taking in information

• information not being attended to cant be encoded and hard to pay attention when asked to focus on multiple tasks

studies for digitech on working memory

• Cain et al. (2016)

• klingberg (2005)

digitech on a cognitive process

emotion on memory encoding/flashbulb memories

flashbulb memories

• emotional memories that are extremely detailed and vivid of highly emotional events

studies for digitech on cognitive process

• newhagen and reeves (1992)

• schaefer et al. (2011)