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What Smartphone Pictures is Doing to Our Memories
Anglea Tse edited this page 2 weeks ago
Sharing images may subtly change what - and how - we remember. Although they could appear crystal clear in our minds, our reminiscences should not a carbon copy of the events we witnessed. Each time we recall a memory, we could by accident alter it or diminish its accuracy. Even trivial reminiscences are simply corrupted with mere recommendations. The psychologist Elizabeth Loftus as soon as found that when people are advised vehicles "collided" instead of "hit," they recalled a automobile accident as being extra extreme than it was. Most irritating of all: We alter these details and reconstruct reality without being conscious we’re doing it. And the seams of our edited reminiscences are silently sealed