Enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra-fast RSVP
Long-term recognition memory for some pictures is consistently better than for others (Isola, Xiao, Parikh, Torralba, & Oliva, IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 36(7), 1469–1482, 2014). Here, we investigated whether pictures found to be memorable in a long-ter...
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| author | Broers, Nico Nieuwenstein, Mark R. Potter, Mary C |
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| description | Long-term recognition memory for some pictures is consistently better than for others (Isola, Xiao, Parikh, Torralba, & Oliva, IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 36(7), 1469–1482, 2014). Here, we investigated whether pictures found to be memorable in a long-term memory test are also perceived more easily when presented in ultra-rapid RSVP. Participants viewed 6 pictures they had never seen before that were presented for 13 to 360 ms per picture in a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) sequence. In half the trials, one of the pictures was a memorable or a nonmemorable picture and perception of this picture was probed by a visual recognition test at the end of the sequence. Recognition for pictures from the memorable set was higher than for those from the nonmemorable set, and this difference increased with increasing duration. Nonmemorable picture recognition was low initially, did not increase until 120 ms, and never caught up with memorable picture recognition performance. Thus, the long-term memorability of an image is associated with initial perceptibility: A picture that is hard to grasp quickly is hard to remember later. Keywords: Visual perception, Recognition memory, Memorability, Feedforward sweeps |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1168292022-09-30T18:31:54Z Enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra-fast RSVP Broers, Nico Nieuwenstein, Mark R. Potter, Mary C Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Potter, Mary C Long-term recognition memory for some pictures is consistently better than for others (Isola, Xiao, Parikh, Torralba, & Oliva, IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI), 36(7), 1469–1482, 2014). Here, we investigated whether pictures found to be memorable in a long-term memory test are also perceived more easily when presented in ultra-rapid RSVP. Participants viewed 6 pictures they had never seen before that were presented for 13 to 360 ms per picture in a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) sequence. In half the trials, one of the pictures was a memorable or a nonmemorable picture and perception of this picture was probed by a visual recognition test at the end of the sequence. Recognition for pictures from the memorable set was higher than for those from the nonmemorable set, and this difference increased with increasing duration. Nonmemorable picture recognition was low initially, did not increase until 120 ms, and never caught up with memorable picture recognition performance. Thus, the long-term memorability of an image is associated with initial perceptibility: A picture that is hard to grasp quickly is hard to remember later. Keywords: Visual perception, Recognition memory, Memorability, Feedforward sweeps 2018-07-06T17:27:48Z 2018-07-06T17:27:48Z 2017-05 2018-06-07T04:13:12Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1069-9384 1531-5320 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116829 Broers, Nico, et al. “Enhanced Recognition of Memorable Pictures in Ultra-Fast RSVP.” Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, vol. 25, no. 3, June 2018, pp. 1080–86. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5781-756X en https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1295-7 Psychonomic Bulletin & Review Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Psychonomic Society, Inc. application/pdf Springer US Springer US |
| spellingShingle | Broers, Nico Nieuwenstein, Mark R. Potter, Mary C Enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra-fast RSVP |
| title | Enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra-fast RSVP |
| title_full | Enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra-fast RSVP |
| title_fullStr | Enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra-fast RSVP |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra-fast RSVP |
| title_short | Enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra-fast RSVP |
| title_sort | enhanced recognition of memorable pictures in ultra fast rsvp |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116829 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5781-756X |
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