Your Smartphone Is Not Making You Dumber — Digital Tech Can Enhance Your Cognitive Abilities

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Volume 2 - issue 1

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August 25, 2022

Digital technology is ubiquitous. We have been increasingly reliant on smartphones, tablets and computers over the past 20 years, and this trend has been accelerating due to the pandemic. Conventional wisdom tells us that over-reliance on technology may take away from our ability to remember, pay attention and exercise self-control. Indeed, these are important cognitive skills. However, fears that technology would supplant cognition may not be well founded.

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