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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > photo-taking impairment effect

Preferred term

photo-taking impairment effect  

Definition(s)

  • Under certain circumstances, taking a photograph may impair the memory of what was photographed.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Barasch, A., Diehl, K., Silverman, J., & Zauberman, G. (2017). Photographic memory: The effects of volitional photo taking on memory for visual and auditory aspects of an experience. Psychological Science, 28(8), 1056–1066. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617694868

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Henkel, L. A. (2014). Point-and-shoot memories: The influence of taking photos on memory for a museum tour. Psychological Science, 25(2), 396–402. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613504438

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Lurie, R., & Westerman, D. L. (2021). Photo-taking impairs memory on perceptual and conceptual memory tests. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 10(2), 289‑297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2020.11.002

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Niforatos, E., Cinel, C., Mack, C. C., Langheinrich, M., & Ward, G. (2017). Can less be more? Contrasting limited, unlimited, and automatic picture capture for augmenting memory recall. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 1(2), 1‑22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3090086

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Soares, J. S., & Storm, B. C. (2018). Forget in a flash: A further investigation of the photo-taking-impairment effect. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 7(1), 154–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2017.10.004

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Moderator variable(s)

  • • Attentional factor: effect eliminated when people zoom in with their cameras on a particular detail (Henkel, 2014).
  • • Attentional factor: effect eliminated when subjects carry wearable cameras (Niforatos et al., 2017).
  • • Attentional factor: photo-taking improves memory when what is photographed is accompanied by an audio commentary (Barasch et al., 2017).

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Barasch, A., Diehl, K., Silverman, J., & Zauberman, G. (2017, June 1). Photographic Memory: The Effects of Volitional Photo-Taking on Memory for Visual and Auditory Aspects of an Experience. https://osf.io/hrzgs/
  • • Lurie, R. (2020, April 15). Photo-taking Impairs Memory on Perceptual and Conceptual Memory Tests. https://osf.io/pq23c/

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