Memorability of line drawings of scenes: the role of contour properties.

Why are some images more likely to be remembered than others? Previous work focused on the influence of global, low-level visual features as well as image content on memorability. To better understand the role of local, shape-based contours, we here investigate the memorability of photographs and li...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 33 - 54
Autores principales: Han, Seohee, Rezanejad, Morteza, Walther, Dirk B.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2025
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