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I wonder what kind of effect today's technology has. I mean, my son is 3, and already has hours of videos stored. And he likes watching those videos of himself
by gingerlime 10y ago
I wonder what kind of effect today's technology has.
I mean, my son is 3, and already has hours of videos stored. And he likes watching those videos of himself and family even now.
How is this going to affect memory formation later in life? Should we hide those videos from him to avoid some kind of a feedback-loop that can somehow mess with his memory?
- ljf 10y agoI wonder the exact same thing, our boy is 2 and as soon as he could hold a phone his favourite videos were of himself. Going to be interesting "do you really remember X happening or is the video something that you rewatched so much you couldn't help but recall?"
- visarga 10y agoWe mostly recall only what we photograph. I'm conscious of this every time I take photos.
- ljf 10y agoI'm not sure that's true. I barely took any photos until I was about 20 but have a rich memory of unphotographed periods of my life and experiences. How did people remember before cameras?
- soared 10y agoI participated in a study in college that tested something similar to this. If someone knows information is stored somewhere it is easier for them to remember the location of it, rather than the actual information. (Its easier to google a math formula's name than to remember the actual formula). Really children now could 'remember' a whole lot more, and a lot clearer, if they just remember where the video is rather than the actual video.