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| Title |
Point-and-Shoot Memories
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Psychological Science, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1177/0956797613504438 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Linda A. Henkel |
| Abstract |
Two studies examined whether photographing objects impacts what is remembered about them. Participants were led on a guided tour of an art museum and were directed to observe some objects and to photograph others. Results showed a photo-taking-impairment effect: If participants took a photo of each object as a whole, they remembered fewer objects and remembered fewer details about the objects and the objects' locations in the museum than if they instead only observed the objects and did not photograph them. However, when participants zoomed in to photograph a specific part of the object, their subsequent recognition and detail memory was not impaired, and, in fact, memory for features that were not zoomed in on was just as strong as memory for features that were zoomed in on. This finding highlights key differences between people's memory and the camera's "memory" and suggests that the additional attentional and cognitive processes engaged by this focused activity can eliminate the photo-taking-impairment effect. |
Twitter Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 426 tweeters who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 65 | 15% |
| United States | 51 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 24 | 6% |
| Japan | 15 | 4% |
| Canada | 9 | 2% |
| Thailand | 9 | 2% |
| Australia | 7 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1% |
| Germany | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 38 | 9% |
| Unknown | 199 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 375 | 88% |
| Scientists | 33 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 12 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 398 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 2% |
| Japan | 4 | 1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 364 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 75 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 69 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 53 | 13% |
| Researcher | 40 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 22 | 6% |
| Other | 96 | 24% |
| Unknown | 43 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 170 | 43% |
| Social Sciences | 46 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 20 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 16 | 4% |
| Other | 68 | 17% |
| Unknown | 62 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1623. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2023.
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#6,387
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Outputs from Psychological Science
#9
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#36
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#1
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