Image Memorability, Not Recognition Success, Drove N400 Encoding Signals
A 2026 EEG study found that image memorability predicted recognition strongly, z = 9.17, p < 0.001, and the N400 encoding signal tracked memorability after later recognition success was included in the same model.1 The result weakens the common shortcut that every hit-vs-miss brain signal is purely an encoding-success signal. Research Highlights Memorability predicted recognition: …