Brief sensory memory involved in hearing (when auditory stimuli occur).

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The retention of sensory information for a very brief period of time. An initial stage of memory that holds information for seconds or fractions of seconds.

Sensory memory

Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience. Nelson Education.


Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience

The continued perception of visual stimuli after it is no longer there. An example is light trails from moving lights in the dark.

Persistence of vision

Brief sensory memory involved in vision (when visual stimuli occur)

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