Are cameraphones ruining your memory?

[mishele]

This gets you thinking a little.
Are cameraphones ruining your memory? Researchers warn we are becoming unable to live in the moment | Mail Online

 

[IzzieK]

I assume you meant smartphones. My kids have them. I have to confiscate each one of them when we go out to dinner as a family and when we go to church. I got rid of mine. It was too much bother. I only have a simple phone for calling and receiving calls, just for the purpose it serves. I suppose many may say I don't have a life, but believe I do have a life -- full and simple.

 

[robbins.photo]

This gets you thinking a little.
Are cameraphones ruining your memory? Researchers warn we are becoming unable to live in the moment | Mail Online

Are camera phones ruining my memory? Hogwash.. what a completely ridiculous question.. why.. um... wait, what were we talking about again?

 

[The_Traveler]

I try not to use gps for that reason.

 

[hamlet]

Contrary to popular belief, we do not perceive every single detail around us and we miss the majority of what is happening around us all the time. If you are sitting right now, i bet you didn't notice the pressure in your backside until i mentioned it. Notice the sensation of your clothes, your mind was ignoring it up until i made you aware of it. Photographing things just makes your already narrow attention bandwidth even narrower, but you get to keep a photo album and not a unreliable memory.

 

[pixmedic]

bah...
researchers said the same thing about television, video games, and porn.
somehow, society has managed to survive.
I am extremely...fairly...somewhat confident that society will continue to do so, even with smartphones.

 

[hamlet]

bah...
researchers said the same thing about television, video games, and porn.
somehow, society has managed to survive.
I am extremely...fairly...somewhat confident that society will continue to do so, even with smartphones.

And if they doesn't then we will have some interesting stuff to photograph. There are only upsides here for us.

 

[mishele]

Medic, I agree. Everything will go on just fine.
I just know that I've personally realized that the cellphone camera is a curse...hehe I enjoy having a camera at all times, but, it seems as though I spend more time trying to get a quick shot of what's going on than enjoying the moment itself. I could be one of a few but I doubt it. =)

 

[rexbobcat]

This is idiotic. They make the assumption that "omg photos are ruining our memorrieeess omg" from people being distracted while in a museum. You know what would have the same effect? Talking on your phone, or trying to keep track of your kids, or basically anything that diverts our attention. Saying that the act of taking photos is making us unable to live in the moment makes it seem like it's a specific effect of taking photos. The same results could probably be determined using all different kinds of distractions as well. Except in other cases, you have no memory of the event at all. At least with cameras you have the photos after the fact.

These sensationalist article titles are becoming tiresome.

 

[table1349]

This gets you thinking a little.
Are cameraphones ruining your memory? Researchers warn we are becoming unable to live in the moment | Mail Online

Wait...WHAT??????......you mean my iPhone 4s has a camera in it?? Next thing you know Canon will be putting a cell phone in the 1Dx. Guess I'm to in the moment to use my phone as something other than a communications device. Now if would only make a decent cup of coffee.

 

[webestang64]

9 billion people + 5 billion active cell phones = we are all doomed.

 

[terri]

From the standpoint of a concert-goer (and without reading this article) I agree the camera phones ruin a memory. I really hate it when I want to watch a performance, a live performance, only to be surrounded by people holding up their phones recording or attempting to shoot the event, thus blocking my view. They seem less interested in being there, in the moment, than in capturing it and looking at it later. I prefer to be in the moment and think about it later, and remember it.

I still remember concerts that I enjoyed years ago - I didn't need a photo then, don't now. A ticket stub is kinda cool, though.

 

[table1349]

9 billion people + 5 billion active cell phones = we are all doomed.

Just curious, what planet are you from??? Here on earth we have a population of 7 billion people. On you planet how do you deal with the extra 2 billion. Is it a large planet, more land mass and less ocean or do you just build you buildings taller. It obviously isn't a more advanced civilization if you are using cellphones to take photographs. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

 

[table1349]

From the standpoint of a concert-goer (and without reading this article) I agree the camera phones ruin a memory. I really hate it when I want to watch a performance, a live performance, only to be surrounded by people holding up their phones recording or attempting to shoot the event, thus blocking my view. They seem less interested in being there, in the moment, than in capturing it and looking at it later. I prefer to be in the moment and think about it later, and remember it.

I still remember concerts that I enjoyed years ago - I didn't need a photo then, don't now. A ticket stub is kinda cool, though.

For some reason there Terri, I believe you do remember them quite well. I really do.:mrgreen:

 

[mishele]

From the standpoint of a concert-goer (and without reading this article) I agree the camera phones ruin a memory. I really hate it when I want to watch a performance, a live performance, only to be surrounded by people holding up their phones recording or attempting to shoot the event, thus blocking my view. They seem less interested in being there, in the moment, than in capturing it and looking at it later. I prefer to be in the moment and think about it later, and remember it.

I still remember concerts that I enjoyed years ago - I didn't need a photo then, don't now. A ticket stub is kinda cool, though.

This is an example of exactly what I was talking about!! I was just at a concert and I found myself reaching for my cellphone during my favorite song!! I realized that I was being ridiculous quickly but I still was more into getting a shot off than just listening and taking it in. Sad!! All the people around me had their phones in the air and that was my view. I do believe we are ruining experiences with our obsessions to capture moments rather than live them. =)