iconic image

Short-term visual memory {iconic image} {iconic memory} {fleeting memory} has images that persist after removing objects. Iconic image looks like image but faded. People can see all items but have not yet identified them.

Image is at fixed position on retina. New information there erases it.

Iconic images can appear to move, if moving stimuli are near them.

attention

Making iconic memory requires attention [Billock, 1997] [Coltheart, 1983] [Coltheart, 1999] [Crick, 1984] [Freedman et al., 2001] [Freedman et al., 2002] [Gegenfurtner and Sperling, 1993] [Keysers and Perrett, 2002] [Levick and Zacks, 1970] [Loftus et al., 1992] [Potter, 1993] [Potter and Levy, 1969] [Rolls and Tovee, 1994] [Sperling, 1960].

time

Echoic memory lasts longer than iconic memory.

cue

After looking tasks {Sperling task}, cues can help memory.

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