The Internet is Making us “Superhuman”

The Internet is Making us “Superhuman”: "According to a study done by Science Express reliable and constant access to online information is affecting how we use our memory. Instead of remembering facts ourselves we remember where we can find those facts.

This phenomenon was observed even before the age of the internet when people operating in groups know that they can get some information they need from specific persons in that group (someone that may be an expert on a given field). Instead of bothering to remember said information, they just remember the person from which they can get it. This is referred to as “Transactive Memory”."