3/29/2023 0 Comments In memory pictures for facebook![]() There are other examples of relevant studies, but not many. Gia Nardini and colleagues (2019) found that taking photos (with an unfamiliar sort of camera) could impair the enjoyment of “highly enjoyable experiences” (watching a nature show featuring venomous snakes and jellyfish!). In a follow-up study, Julia Soares and Benjamin Storm (2018) found that this effect was present even when participants did not expect to have access to the photos. Linda Henkel (2014) found that participants had impaired recall and recognition for details of those museum objects that they had photographed. Susan Greenfield has made a number of strong claims in this area without actually doing any research, but even where genuine research has been carried out, the media have been quick to exaggerate the results in the service of an exciting story. Some of these claims are based on very thin evidence. Amongst the slowly-emerging research into the relationship between technology and our brains / minds / thinking / social functioning, it is invariably the strong, universal claims of enhancement and impairment that are most effectively promoted to the wider public. This post is a response to some high-profile but simplistic responses to worries about how the internet or technology might be affecting us. If you can’t be bothered reading the long answer… perhaps you have been using Twitter, Facebook and Instagram too much □ ![]() ![]() Please Don’t Strip My Mind by Mike Lucarelli (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) ![]()
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