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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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