Cross-cultural consistency of image memorability.

ABSTRACT: Memorability refers to the intrinsic property of an image that determines how well it is remembered or forgotten. Recent studies have found that memorability is highly consistent across individuals. However, most studies on memorability were conducted with participants from Western cultures, and the images used in memorability studies were culturally biased. Previous studies implicitly assumed that memorability would be held constant across different cultural groups; however, to the best of our knowledge, this has not yet been empirically investigated. In the current study, we recruited participants from South Korea and the US and examined whether image memorability was consistent across these two cultures. We found that South Korean participants showed greater memory performance for image

SUBMITTER: Jeong SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10404227 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature