If you think your smartphones could be destroying your memory skills, pause it there –  a new study suggests the opposite is true. With the ease of access to features like the internet, calendars, and calculators, some people think they are losing their ability to retain information. To test the theory, researchers from University College in London gave a group of 158 volunteers aged between 18yo and 71yo a set of memory tests – in some, they used their own brain power, and in others, they could set an electronic reminder. They found that participants who set a reminder improved their accuracy by 18% and posted better scores for recollecting information they had not plugged into their smartphone. Researchers reckon it’s because the device gave participants more brain space to remember other details. If only we could have a bit more say in what files in our head were retained and what was shredded…