Skillful 3 L&S - Unit 3 - Digital Memory Loss

Choose the sentence that best expresses the speaker’s main point.

• There are two types of memory: short-term and long-term.

• Research shows that hyperlinks harm students’ ability to think critically.

• The over-use of technology can harm the brain’s ability to form and store memories.

• Because of the Internet, people don’t need to remember as many facts as they did in the past.

Put the topic in the order they were presented in the talk.

The first and last topic are given.

• Cognitive overload

• Web design

• How human memory works

• Hyperlinks

• Short-term and long-term memory

73% of U.S. teens and 91% of adults go online every day.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Information is only briefly stored in short-term memory.

• True

• False

People can only remember 10 items for 7–15 seconds.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Turning off notifications when studying can improve memory.

• True

• False