{
  "id": 14040501,
  "title": "A New Study Reveals Why Relying on Your Phone to Remember Things Is a Bad Idea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/a-new-study-reveals-why-relying-on-your-phone-to-remember-things-is-a",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-12T20:15:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/sage-swaby/a-new-study-reveals-why-relying-on-your-phone-to-remember-things-is-a-bad-idea/91417359"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New research reveals that relying on your phone to store information triggers the same neural pathways as deliberate forgetting, weakening your brain’s natural memory retention.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}