Too Much Knowledge Can Be Bad For Some Types Of Memory, Study Finds

Sometimes knowledge can be a bad thing, especially when it comes to exact remembering of certain things.
A new study found adults did better remembering pictures of imaginary animals than they did remembering pictures of real cats.
"The adults remembered these artificial insect-like creatures they had just seen for the first time much better than they did the cats that were very familiar to them," said Vladimir Sloutsky, co-author of the study and professor and director of the Center for Cognitive Science at Ohio State University.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news4202.html">Too Much Knowledge Can Be Bad For Some Types Of Memory, Study Finds</a></p> <p>Sometimes knowledge can be a bad thing, especially when it comes to exact remembering of certain things. <br>A new study found adults did better remembering pictures of imaginary animals than they did remembering pictures of real cats. <br>"The adults remembered these artificial insect-like creatures they had just seen for the first time much better than they did the cats that were very familiar to them," said Vladimir Sloutsky, co-author of the study and professor and director of the Center for Cognitive Science at Ohio State University.</p>