<s>
The	O
Google	B-Application
effect	I-Application
,	O
also	O
called	O
digital	O
amnesia	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
tendency	O
to	O
forget	O
information	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
readily	O
online	O
by	O
using	O
Internet	B-Application
search	I-Application
engines	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
study	O
about	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
effect	I-Application
,	O
people	O
are	O
less	O
likely	O
to	O
remember	O
certain	O
details	O
they	O
believe	O
will	O
be	O
accessible	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
digital	O
amnesia	O
"	O
was	O
coined	O
by	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
for	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
an	O
unreviewed	O
survey	O
in	O
2015	O
by	O
the	O
security	O
vendor	O
,	O
which	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
results	O
reveal	O
that	O
the	O
'	O
Google	B-Application
Effect	I-Application
 '	O
likely	O
extends	O
beyond	O
online	O
facts	O
to	O
include	O
important	O
personal	O
information.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
remembering	O
details	O
,	O
91	O
percent	O
of	O
people	O
used	O
the	O
Internet	O
and	O
44	O
percent	O
used	O
their	O
smartphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2012	O
study	O
by	O
Lav	O
R	O
.	O
Varshney	O
has	O
since	O
proposed	O
that	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
effect	I-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
seen	O
in	O
doctoral	O
theses	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
a	O
longitudinal	O
increase	O
in	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
references	O
cited	O
reflects	O
a	O
tendency	O
for	O
improved	O
memory	O
of	O
where	O
to	O
find	O
relevant	O
information	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
several	O
researchers	O
have	O
questioned	O
whether	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
effect	I-Application
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
transactive	O
memory	O
,	O
arguing	O
that	O
no	O
transaction	O
is	O
going	O
on	O
between	O
the	O
person	O
and	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
big	O
Replication	O
study	O
published	O
in	O
Nature	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
effect	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
experiments	O
which	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
replicated	O
.	O
</s>
