The cost of saving: How photos and screenshots impair memory.

The photo impairment effect refers to worse memory for experiences that are photographed compared with those that are not. One proposed explanation for this effect is that photo-taking divides attention between the event and the actions required for photography. However, the results of the present s...

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Published in:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 7; pp. 2301 - 2312
Main Authors:	Lurie, Rebecca, Fabrizio, Sophia P., Westerman, Deanne L.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Oct2025
Subjects:	Task performance Undergraduates Attention Memory Analysis of variance Scale analysis (Psychology) Statistical power analysis Repeated measures design Smartphones T-test (Statistics) Data analysis Probability theory Photography Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics Statistics Confidence intervals Visual perception
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