Investigating human cognitive faculties such as language, attention, and memory most often
relies on testing small and homogeneous groups of volunteers coming to research facilities …

By 2015, there will be an estimated two billion smartphone users worldwide. This technology
presents exciting opportunities for cognitive science as a medium for rapid, large-scale …

With the advent of Smartphone technology, access to the internet and its associated
knowledge base is at one's fingertips. What consequences does this have for human …

Mobile-and web-based psychological research are a valuable addition to the set of tools
available for scientific study, reducing logistical barriers for research participation and …

What is the long-term impact of technological advances on cognitive abilities? We critically
examine relevant findings and argue that there is no clear evidence for detrimental lasting …

Recent developments in mobile technologies have produced a new kind of device: a
programmable mobile phone, the smartphone. In this article, the authors argue that the …

University of Texas at Austin, has been studying the way smartphones and the internet affect
our thoughts and judgments for a decade. In his own work, as well as that of others, he has …

Highlights•Smartphone Sensing Methods (SSMs) permit continuous and real-time
behavioral observation in the context of people's daily lives.•SSMs provide objective …

Today, people generate and store more data than ever before as they interact with both real
and virtual environments. These digital traces of behavior and cognition offer cognitive …

Humanity has always been the species that extends itself into the environment. Memory is
no exception. Internal memory is information stored in one's brain, and external memory is …