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Taking photos is damaging your memory
Not many people enjoy having their photo taken at a birthday party or
special event. However, taking photos could be also be damaging our
(1).............. to remember special moments. A group of experts (2)..............out
an experiment in an art gallery. They wanted to see if people remembered
paintings better when they took pictures of them. The first tour guide
(3).....
..............one group of people around. As well as learning about the
artwork, they were encouraged to take photographs. A second group had
the same tour but weren't allowed to use their cameras.
The next day, their (4.).................. tested to see how much they could
remember about the paintings. Although both groups did well in the
memory test, the people who didn't take photographs remembered
more (5) ……….. to the others. Despite taking photographs, it seems
the photographers didn't (6).…………. as much attention to the paintings.
So, although they have photographs to look back at, they don't have
the memories.
