creators_name: Chow, Siu L.
type: journalp
datestamp: 2003-05-19
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:16
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title: Iconic memory of icon?
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: Iconic memory, ecological validity, informational persistence

abstract: 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.
date: 1987
date_type: published
publication: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
volume: 10
number: 2
pagerange: 313-315
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Chow, Dr Siu L.  (1987) Iconic memory of icon?  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/2956/1/chow_ico.pdf