Is Iconic Memory Iconic?
Short‐term memory in vision is typically thought to divide into at least two memory stores: a short, fragile, high‐capacity store known as iconic memory, and a longer, durable, capacity‐limited store known as visual working memory (VWM). This paper argues that iconic memory stores icons, i.e., image...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy & Phenomenological Research Vol. 101; no. 3; pp. 660 - 683 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2020
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