Life is increasingly being conditioned by the widespread digital technology and by Internet. They have also entered the field of historic heritage and conservation for a long time, with academic researches, high-skill job opportunities in the field of 3D survey and modelling, dissemination and services to the public. To what stage is the relationship between digital technology and historic heritage? These lines offer some hints, starting from recent outcomes in the field of neuroscience investigating as the Internet and digital technologies has been changing some of the core functions of our mind, such as the ability to pay attention and remember. Can historic heritage play a role in this process? What consequences to the conservation field?