Tag: developmental psychology
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Bytes and Brains: Exploring Shifts in Human Cognitive Processes in the Internet Age
There is no question that the Internet was the single most impactful technological invention of the past century. Our constant usage of the Internet has fundamentally altered our memory processing and analytical cognition, such that us “Digital Natives” consume knowledge in completely different ways than previous generations (Loh and Kanai, 2016). The symbiosis of humans…
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Our Tadpole Origins
Have you ever rummaged through a memory box and stumbled upon some kindergarten self-portraits? Your earliest depictions of the human form were probably peculiar, and by no means anatomically accurate. When most children begin drawing humans, their sketches consist of a round head and a pair of lines representing legs, but interestingly, the torso is…