Does taking photos help memories or hurt them? A new study suggests photographers have better visual memory, while auditory recall suffers.

Photo-takers even had better visual memory for aspects of the exhibit they didn’t photograph, compared with participants who weren’t able to take pictures.

Taking photos of experiences boosts visual memory, impairs auditory memory Date: June 26, 2017 Source: Association for Psychological Science Summary: A quick glance at any social media platform ...

These findings provided evidence that taking pictures can enhance visual memory. To test their hypotheses in a more controlled environment, the researchers designed a virtual art-gallery tour.

NEW YORK: Clicking pictures may help recall the details of what you see, say scientists who found that having camera can help enhance visual memory. Researchers, including those from University of ...

This suggests those with aphantasia could be using alternative strategies such as verbal representations rather than visual memory.

Contrary to previous assumptions, visual short-term memory is not merely based on one kind of information about an object, such as only its colour or only its name. Rather, several types of ...

To assess whether the visual memory system treats natural color and false color differently, the researchers presented subjects with altered images, such as scenes with reddish grass.

Brain-mapping research suggests that more effective and automatic engagement of areas important for visual memory, such as the medial temporal cortex, may be responsible for our superior visual memory ...

These findings provided evidence that taking pictures can enhance visual memory. To test their hypotheses in a more controlled environment, the researchers designed a virtual art gallery tour.

Clicking pictures may help recall the details of what you see, say scientists who found that having a camera can help enhance visual memory.