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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • Memorability is an intrinsic stimulus property influencing recall.
  • Previous studies utilized long-term memory paradigms.
  • The role of memorability in short-term incidental memory was unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if memorability affects immediate recall of visual stimuli.
  • To assess memorability's impact on incidental visual working memory.
  • To explore memorability's influence independent of long-term memory retrieval.

Main Methods:

  • Employed an attribute amnesia paradigm with faces and scenes.
  • Measured incidental visual working memory performance.
  • Controlled for attentional priorities, attentional capture, and target-foil contrast.

Main Results:

  • Memorable stimuli led to higher accuracy in unexpected immediate recall.
  • This memorability benefit was observed for both faces and scenes.
  • The effect was more pronounced for faces than for scenes.

Conclusions:

  • Memorability enhances incidental memory even at very short intervals.
  • The effect operates independently of long-term memory retrieval.
  • Memorability influences attentional filters and memory trace formation.