Science Weighs in on Whether All Those Photos Are Helping or Hurting Your Memory

(m-gucci/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Chances are, there are thousands of photos on your phone right now – and you probably never look at them. Selfies at parties. Brunch spreads, carefully staged for Instagram. Your cat sleeping in slightly different positions. Sunsets, supermoons, and travel snaps. One of the main reasons people take photos is to help us remember an experience or event. But it…