Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be

Scientists spoke to 6, 000 adults in eight European countries / and found that while many were able to recall phone numbers from their childhood, / fewer could remember their current work numbers. / About a third turned first to computers to recall information. / British adults seemed to be the worst affected. / Only about half knew their partners’ phone numbers. / Researchers say people have become accustomed to / using digital devices as extensions of their brains, / and that repeatedly looking up information / does not create a lasting memory in the same way as simple recollection.