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ERIC Number: EJ1278741
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1072-0502
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Image Memorability Is Predicted by Discriminability and Similarity in Different Stages of a Convolutional Neural Network
Learning & Memory, v27 n12 p503-509 Dec 2020
The features of an image can be represented at multiple levels--from its low-level visual properties to high-level meaning. What drives some images to be memorable while others are forgettable? We address this question across two behavioral experiments. In the first, different layers of a convolutional neural network (CNN), which represent progressively higher levels of features, were used to select the images that would be shown to 100 participants through a form of prospective assignment. Here, the discriminability/similarity of an image with others, according to different CNN layers dictated the images presented to different groups, who made a simple indoor versus outdoor judgment for each scene. We found that participants remember more scene images that were selected based on their low-level discriminability or high-level similarity. A second experiment replicated these results in an independent sample of 50 participants, with a different order of postencoding tasks. Together, these experiments provide evidence that both discriminability and similarity, at different visual levels, predict image memorability.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: T32GM081760
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