If you want to remember something that has happened, don’t take a photo of it. This rather goes against the fact that our memories are rubbish and it definitely makes the camera on your phone burn in your hand until you use it, but there is research on it.

Quite convincing research, too. The summary is that with some exceptions, when we take a photograph we are abdicating our memory to that digital record. Plus, we never look at the photos again, do we?

The Association for Psychological Science says so. Have a look because you’re convinced but you want to know about those exceptions.