# Professor Alixandra Barasch is interviewed about her research on the effects of photo taking on experiences and memory

1 Faculty News August 24, 2019 ![The Telegraph logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030730.jpg?itok=e3z8lcuP)>

Excerpt from [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/stop-smartphone-wrecking-memory/) -- "'Photo taking enhancing visual details but takes away from auditory details: people will remember what they saw, but fewer details about the facts they learned, or what the tour guide said,' she says."

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