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by al_borland 334 days ago
Yeah, this isn’t the first time we’ve outsourced our thinking. The ubiquitous use of GPS comes to mind leading to lower abilities in the hippocampus.

It grows when a person trains to be a London cab driver (no GPS allowed). [0]

Yet abilities decline as GPS use is used. [1]

These aren’t huge studies either, but also fall under the larger, “use it or lose it,” umbrella.

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34914151/

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-62877-0