People who take photos of their experiences usually enjoy events more than those who do not click pictures, a new study suggests.
People who take photos of their experiences usually enjoy events more than those who do not click pictures, a new study suggests.
“To the best of our knowledge, this research is the first extensive investigation examining how taking photos affects people’s enjoyment of their experiences,” said Kristin Diehl from University of Southern California in the US.
“We show that, relative to not taking photos, photography can heighten enjoyment of positive experiences by increasing engagement,” said Diehl.
Diehl along with researchers from Yale University and University of Pennsylvania in the US outlined a series of nine experiments involving over 2,000 participants in the field and the lab designed to examine the effect of taking photographs of an experience on people’s enjoyment of an activity.
