You’re No Ansel Adams: MIT Finds Landscape Photos Forgettable

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You’re No Ansel Adams: MIT Finds Landscape Photos Forgettable

According to a recent study, photos with people in them are more likely to stay in the viewer’s memory after scanning a series of photos. Researchers at MIT have created a computer algorithm to track which photos people actually remembered most, and they’

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/05/mit-study/

According to a recent study, photos with people in them are more likely to stick in the viewer’s memory after seeing a series of photos. Researchers at MIT have created a computer algorithm to track which photos people remembered most, and they’ve found that portraits tend to trump landscapes in memorability.