Hi-def memories of lo-def scenes

The study of visual memory is typically concerned with an image’s content: How well, and what precision, we can recall which objects, people, or features have seen in the past. But images also vary their quality: same object scene may appear image that sharp highly resolved, it blurry faded. do remember those properties? Here six experiments demonstrate a new phenomenon “vividness extension”: tendency to (mis)remember as though they are “enhanced” versions themselves — is, sharper higher quality than actually appeared at time encoding. Subjects briefly saw scenes varied how were, then adjusted be original. Unlike old photograph fades blurs, subjects misremembered more vivid (i.e., less blurry) had moments earlier. Follow-up extended this saturation pixelation – recalling colorful resolved ruled out various forms response bias. We suggest misrepresents seen, such world remembered is.