iconic

Examples of iconic in the following topics:

• Sensory Memory

  • Sensory input to the visual system goes into iconic memory, so named because the mental representations of visual stimuli are referred to as icons.
  • One of the times that iconic memory is noticeable is when we see "light trails."
  • This is the phenomenon when bright lights move rapidly at night and you perceive them as forming a trail; this is the image that is represented in iconic memory.
  • Evidence of haptic memory has only recently been identified and not as much is known about its characteristics compared to iconic memory.
  • In iconic memory, you perceive a moving bright light as forming a continuous line because of the images retained in sensory memory for milliseconds.

• Other Steps

  • People create a mental picture of the sensations or new information they encountered, which is stored in iconic and working memory prior to its storage in a person's long-term memory.

• Introduction to the Process and Types of Memory

  • This is because of "iconic memory," the visual sensory store.

• Introduction to Memory Encoding

  • This type of information is temporarily stored in iconic memory, and then is moved to long-term memory for storage.