Short-term Sensory Store

Short-term Sensory Store

• General
  • lasts very brief time: from 1 to 3 seconds.
  • holds information in physical form (unprocessed).
  • occurs without attention.
• Iconic Memory: the short-term sensory store for vision.
  • Discovered by George Sperling.
  • Holds apparently everything seen (that is, it is not limited) as an image.
  • < 1 second.
  • Was the first discovered.

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