When it comes to Facebook there may be more to bad memory than just multitasking

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2179-2182

  Frein, Scott T ^a   Jones, Samantha L ^a   Gerow, Jennifer E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Facebook; Memory; Social media; Social networking

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; DIVIDED ATTENTION; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FACEBOOK; MEMORY TESTS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84878594306     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.04.031     Document Type: Article

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