# There's more to memory than the brain: Psychologists run clever experiments, make trivial claims, take gullible internet by storm

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2011-07-17-theres-more-to-memory-than-the-brain-psychologists-run-clever-experim

The piece argues that research on internet-assisted recall concerns familiar transactive memory strategies rather than changes to the brain.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 17 July 2011

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2011/07/theres-more-to-memory-than-the-brain-psychologists-run-clever-experiments-make-trivial-claims-take-gullible-internet-by-storm/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 17 July 2011
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: memory, internet, science-communication.

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