Snapping a photo impairs our ability to remember the subject

Posted by dsr12 on Saturday June 02, 2018 @06:44AM
from the thenextweb.com dept.

https://thenextweb.com/insider/2018/06/01/snapping-a-photo-impairs-our-ability-to-remember-the-subject-and-scientists-cant-figure-out-why/

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Re:Snapping a photo impairs our ability to remember the subject by navjack27 on Saturday June 02, 2018 @07:05AM (#17214015)

Okay sure. Someone recreate and test this hypothesis please. My Google photos is filled with pictures of crap to remember BECAUSE my ADHD impairs my memory.

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Re:Snapping a photo impairs our ability to remember the subject by KhayriRRW on Saturday June 02, 2018 @08:58AM (#17214370)

Aren't photographs used to visually remember its subjects in the first place?

~ Khayri R.R. Woulfe

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