I’ve tried many of the databases in Forsyth with little luck. I used the search terms digital amnesia, the google effect, and amnesia amongst other terms, however the results relating directly to the topic of digital amnesia were minimal.  I did however find a few articles that may hold correlating data.

Database 1: Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (H.W. Wilson)

search terms:

1.  amnesia – This resulted in an article relating to substance abuse and amnesia. https://web-s-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=20&sid=ec8daed0-5628-4346-ad1f-c4323b5a1b3b%40redis.
2.  Digital amnesia – this returned one result, it was about data and manufacturing innovation. This was of no use to me.
3. Forgetfulness – this produced a few good results one of which was an article titled Total Recall. This is an article about using technology to abolish forgetfullness.

Database 2: Google Scholar

search terms:

1. Digital amnesia – This review has quite a bit of information about technologies effect on memory. https://indianmentalhealth.com/pdf/2019/vol6-issue1/RP2%20DIGITAL%20AMNESIA.pdf
2. Technology forgetfulness – this produced man articles one in particular spoke about technology and data retention. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01972240252818216
3. Smartphone amnesia – this term produced another interesting article about students use of PDAs and how they effect their ability to retain information. https://www.ripublication.com/ijitls20/ijitlsv9n1_01.pdf

After reviewing https://indianmentalhealth.com/pdf/2019/vol6 issue1/RP2%20DIGITAL%20AMNESIA.pdf. The study was a questionnaire that got data from 6000 europeans about the use of cell phones and the inability to commit information to memory.

I think this will be a great study to start with as it related directly to what I will be writing about. There is a large sample and data that supports the topic.

References:

cherry, steven. (n.d.). total recall. Retrieved October 29, 2021.

Data Retention and the Panoptic Society: The social benefits of Forgetfulness. Taylor & Francis. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2021, from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01972240252818216.

The identification of Student’s … – ripublication.com. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2021, from https://www.ripublication.com/ijitls20/ijitlsv9n1_01.pdf.

Lodha, P. (2019). Digital amnesia: Are we headed towards another amnesia. Indian Journal of Mental Health, 6(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.30877/ijmh.6.1.2019.18-22

Shulgin, A. t. (n.d.). Review of Abused Substances.