Turns Out That Taking Photos Really Does Help You Remember All Those Great Experiences

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，拍照片真的能幫你把那些美好的回憶記得更牢

Is our non-stop photo-taking pulling us out of the moments that matter and causing us to forget what we've seen? Maybe not, according to new research looking at the relationship between snapping pictures and forming memories.

我們那從不停止的拍照惡習(xí)真的在讓我們無法享受當(dāng)下、并讓我們忘了自己看到了什么嗎？根據(jù)一項最新的關(guān)于拍照和記憶形成的研究，事實可能并不是這樣。

During the study, 294 volunteers were asked to tour a museum exhibit listening to an audio guide – those in one group were encouraged to take photos, while those in another had to leave their phones and cameras behind.

在這項研究里，294名志愿者被要求戴著有聲向?qū)⒂^一家博物館——其中一組被鼓勵多拍照片，而另一組則必須把他們的手機(jī)和相機(jī)留下。

When questioned afterwards, the photo takers could remember more about what they'd seen and less about what they'd heard.

在后續(xù)的問詢中，拍照片的一組能記住更多他們看到的東西，但卻只能記住更少他們聽到的內(nèi)容。

The result suggests the act of taking pictures and seeking out worthy frames to capture helps fix memories in our minds, according to the researchers.

研究者們說，這個結(jié)果表明：拍照這個動作，以及尋找值得拍的角度的過程，都在幫助我們穩(wěn)固大腦中的記憶。

"Our research is novel because it shows that photo-taking itself improves memory for visual aspects of an experience but can hurt memory for non-visual aspects, like auditory details," said the team, from New York University, University of Southern California, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University, in a statement.

“我們的研究是革新性的，它表明拍照能夠強(qiáng)化我們對一段經(jīng)歷的視覺記憶，但卻會妨礙非視覺的記憶——比如聽到的細(xì)節(jié)?！毖芯繄F(tuán)隊在一次聲明中說到。（這個研究團(tuán)隊的成員分別來自紐約大學(xué)、南加州大學(xué)、賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)和耶魯大學(xué)）

The museum test was backed up with a follow-up experiment using a virtual art gallery app on a smartphone.

這次博物館實驗得到了一個后續(xù)實驗的支持，這個實驗用的是智能手機(jī)上的虛擬畫廊。

Some volunteers could take screenshots and some couldn't, and the same pattern was repeated – those who grabbed digital memories remembered more of what they'd seen, but less of what they'd heard from an audio commentary.

一些志愿者可以進(jìn)行截屏，而另一些則不能；實驗結(jié)果中出現(xiàn)了同樣的模式——那些可以截屏的人記住了更多他們看到的東西，但卻記住了更少的他們聽到的音頻評論。

The positive effect on visual memory was greater than the negative effect on auditory memory, the researchers found.

研究者們還發(fā)現(xiàn)：視覺記憶上的增強(qiáng)效果大于聽覺記憶上的削弱效果。

What's more, in both experiments those who could snap photos were also more likely to remember objects they hadn't specifically taken pictures of as well as ones they had.

此外，在兩個試驗中，那些能夠拍照的人都更容易記住一些他們并沒有特地去拍的東西。

"These findings suggest that having a camera changes how people approach an experience in a fundamental way," says the team.

研究團(tuán)隊說：“這說明，光是拿著一個相機(jī)，就能從根本上改變?nèi)藗儗Υ淮谓?jīng)歷的方式。”

The research has been published in Psychological Science.

這項研究是被發(fā)表在《心理科學(xué)》上的。

Turns Out That Taking Photos Really Does Help You Remember All Those Great Experiences

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，拍照片真的能幫你把那些美好的回憶記得更牢

Is our non-stop photo-taking pulling us out of the moments that matter and causing us to forget what we've seen? Maybe not, according to new research looking at the relationship between snapping pictures and forming memories.

我們那從不停止的拍照惡習(xí)真的在讓我們無法享受當(dāng)下、并讓我們忘了自己看到了什么嗎？根據(jù)一項最新的關(guān)于拍照和記憶形成的研究，事實可能并不是這樣。

During the study, 294 volunteers were asked to tour a museum exhibit listening to an audio guide – those in one group were encouraged to take photos, while those in another had to leave their phones and cameras behind.

在這項研究里，294名志愿者被要求戴著有聲向?qū)⒂^一家博物館——其中一組被鼓勵多拍照片，而另一組則必須把他們的手機(jī)和相機(jī)留下。

When questioned afterwards, the photo takers could remember more about what they'd seen and less about what they'd heard.

在后續(xù)的問詢中，拍照片的一組能記住更多他們看到的東西，但卻只能記住更少他們聽到的內(nèi)容。

The result suggests the act of taking pictures and seeking out worthy frames to capture helps fix memories in our minds, according to the researchers.

研究者們說，這個結(jié)果表明：拍照這個動作，以及尋找值得拍的角度的過程，都在幫助我們穩(wěn)固大腦中的記憶。

"Our research is novel because it shows that photo-taking itself improves memory for visual aspects of an experience but can hurt memory for non-visual aspects, like auditory details," said the team, from New York University, University of Southern California, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University, in a statement.

“我們的研究是革新性的，它表明拍照能夠強(qiáng)化我們對一段經(jīng)歷的視覺記憶，但卻會妨礙非視覺的記憶——比如聽到的細(xì)節(jié)。”研究團(tuán)隊在一次聲明中說到。（這個研究團(tuán)隊的成員分別來自紐約大學(xué)、南加州大學(xué)、賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)和耶魯大學(xué)）

The museum test was backed up with a follow-up experiment using a virtual art gallery app on a smartphone.

這次博物館實驗得到了一個后續(xù)實驗的支持，這個實驗用的是智能手機(jī)上的虛擬畫廊。

Some volunteers could take screenshots and some couldn't, and the same pattern was repeated – those who grabbed digital memories remembered more of what they'd seen, but less of what they'd heard from an audio commentary.

一些志愿者可以進(jìn)行截屏，而另一些則不能；實驗結(jié)果中出現(xiàn)了同樣的模式——那些可以截屏的人記住了更多他們看到的東西，但卻記住了更少的他們聽到的音頻評論。

The positive effect on visual memory was greater than the negative effect on auditory memory, the researchers found.

研究者們還發(fā)現(xiàn)：視覺記憶上的增強(qiáng)效果大于聽覺記憶上的削弱效果。

What's more, in both experiments those who could snap photos were also more likely to remember objects they hadn't specifically taken pictures of as well as ones they had.

此外，在兩個試驗中，那些能夠拍照的人都更容易記住一些他們并沒有特地去拍的東西。

"These findings suggest that having a camera changes how people approach an experience in a fundamental way," says the team.

研究團(tuán)隊說：“這說明，光是拿著一個相機(jī)，就能從根本上改變?nèi)藗儗Υ淮谓?jīng)歷的方式?！?/p>

The research has been published in Psychological Science.

這項研究是被發(fā)表在《心理科學(xué)》上的。