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The effects of visual attention and visual context on image memorability

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H06100
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Cognitive science
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

LI QI  東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 助教 (30757711)

Project Period (FY) 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywordsimage memorability / visual attention / spatial context
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recent research in the engineering field has reported that images carry the attribute of memorability, a predictive value of whether an image will be remembered or forgotten (Isola, Xiao, Parikh, Torralba & Oliva, 2014). Different to previous research, the present research investigated image memorability from psychological perspectives to elucidate cognitive factors that affect image memorability. A series of experiments revealed a novel effect: images with high memorability capture attention. Moreover, follow-up experiments provided further evidence that this effect depends critically on the spatial context of an image. These results provide the first evidence that image memorability is closely related to visual attention and spatial context.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2016 2015

All Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Presentation] The effects of spatial dividers on counting and estimation2016

    • Author(s)
      李 キ
    • Organizer
      European Conference on Visual Perception 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Barcelona, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Task-irrelevant images with high memorability can impair or enhance visual search performance.2016

    • Author(s)
      李 キ
    • Organizer
      The 16st Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Florida, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-13
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 画像の記憶しやすさと視覚的注意の関係2016

    • Author(s)
      李 琦
    • Organizer
      第14回日本心理学会「注意と認知」研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      Nagoya, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Task-irrelevant high memorability images automatically capture visual attention2016

    • Author(s)
      Qi Li
    • Organizer
      The 2016 Annual meeting of the Korean Society for Cognitive and Biological Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      Jeju, South Korea
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-21
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The relationship between visual attention and image memorability2015

    • Author(s)
      Qi Li
    • Organizer
      The 23rd Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-19
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-08-26   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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