Does Google Glass continuously wipe your memory?
Forget in a Flash: A Further Investigation of the Photo-Taking-Impairment Effect
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Re: Forget in a Flash: A Further Investigation of the Photo-Taking-Impairment Effect
#32I am shocked by this as I find myself mostly able to remember the moments when I took a photo... like, I went to a wedding last week, and I have a really strong memory of most of the photos I took even though I have not yet looked at any of them . I would have assumed the process of paying careful attention to a scene with the goal of capturing "the perfect moment" makes that moment itself special and unique, not jus…
I have a somewhat similar experience, except that I’ve concluded that it’s far easier for me to remember a 2d image than physical 3d representation. My hypothesis is that a flat 2d image is just far less information, and doesn’t vary based on the angle I look at it, so it focuses attention. It’s also something I can reinforce by looking at again, even in thumbnail form. I’m not great at remembering faces, but remembering pictures of faces is super easy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’ve concluded it’s not (very) related to the extra attention required when taking a photo is that I can often remember photos of people that I didn’t take - e.g. their facebook profile photos.