TY - GEN ID - cogprints2956 UR - http://cogprints.org/2956/ A1 - Chow, Dr Siu L. Y1 - 1987/// N2 - The objectives of the present commentary are to show that (1) one important theoretical property of iconic memory is inconsistent with a retinotopic icon, (2) data difficult for the notion of an icon do not necessarily challenge the notion of an iconic store, (3) the iconic store, as a theoretical mechanism, is an ecologically valid one, and (4) the rationale of experimentation is such that the experimental task need not mimic the phenomenon being studied. KW - Iconic memory KW - ecological validity KW - informational persistence TI - Iconic memory of icon? SP - 313 AV - public EP - 315 ER -