Overt attentional correlates of memorability of scene images and their relationships to scene semantics.

ABSTRACT: Computer vision-based research has shown that scene semantics (e.g., presence of meaningful objects in a scene) can predict memorability of scene images. Here, we investigated whether and to what extent overt attentional correlates, such as fixation map consistency (also called inter-observer congruency of fixation maps) and fixation counts, mediate the relationship between scene semantics and scene memorability. First, we confirmed that the higher the fixation map consistency of a scene, the higher its memorability. Moreover, both fixation map consistency and its correlation to scene memorability were the highest in the first 2 seconds of viewing, suggesting that meaningful scene features that contribute to producing more consistent fixation maps early in viewing, such as faces and humans

SUBMITTER: Lyu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476653 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature