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- Sensory memory is the first repository of the information that the world presents to us. There are many types.
- Iconic memory reflects information from our visual system.
- Echoic memory stores auditory information coming from the ears.
- Sensory memory in general is able to store information for only a very short time.
- If information does not pass to short-term memory, it is lost for good.
- Sensory memory operates as a kind of snapshot that stores information.
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