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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Computer Vision
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Image memorability varies consistently across individuals, but the underlying factors are not fully understood.
  • Current research primarily focuses on high-level semantic content, yet significant memorability differences exist within semantic categories.
  • This suggests that other visual processing levels influence how memorable an image is.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce MemCat, a novel, large-scale, category-based image dataset for studying image memorability.
  • To provide a benchmark for computational models predicting image memorability.
  • To facilitate research into the neural and behavioral correlates of memorability, controlling for semantic category.

Main Methods:

  • Compiled a dataset of 10,000 images across five broad categories (animal, food, landscape, sports, vehicle) with subcategories.
  • Images were sourced from sets with existing annotations (bounding boxes, segmentation masks).
  • Collected memorability scores for all images via a repeat-detection memory task with an average of 99 participants per image.

Main Results:

  • Memorability scores demonstrated high consistency across observers, replicating prior findings.
  • MemCat is the second-largest memorability dataset and the largest with a category-based structure.
  • The dataset enables investigation of factors contributing to memorability variability, including within-category differences.

Conclusions:

  • MemCat offers a valuable resource for understanding the multifaceted nature of image memorability.
  • It serves as a benchmark for developing and evaluating computational models of memorability prediction.
  • The dataset supports research exploring the interplay of semantic content and other visual features in memory.