Cost of task switching

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Personal technology like smartphones has led to a decline in our ability to remember essential information like telephone numbers. This raises the question of how personal technology impacts our memory. While researchers are still exploring this, some believe that outsourcing tedious memory tasks to devices can free up cognitive resources for more meaningful and intelligent activities that require human capabilities. This shift in memory reliance from our brains to phones raises concerns about the potential consequences of task switching and the long-term effects on memory and cognitive abilities.

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