Digital amnesia¹ refers to the inability to remember basic things, such as telephone numbers, dates, how to get somewhere without a GPS, or how to do math without using a calculator, etc. as a result of over-reliance on mobile phones and the Internet for storing information.

“数字失忆症”指因为过度依赖手机和互联网储存信息而导致的基本记忆能力丧失，比如，连手机号码、约会日期等基本事项都记不住，没有导航就不知道怎么到达目的地，没有计算器就不会算术，等等。

 

Survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab showed that 91 percent of consumers can easily admit their dependency on the Internet and devices as a tool for remembering and an extension of their brain.

由卡巴斯基实验室进行的调查发现，91%的消费者坦承依赖互联网和数字设备作为记忆和大脑存储功能的延伸。

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