--- 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.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: 'Haber, R. N. (1983). The impending demise of the icon: A critique of the concept of iconic storage in visual information processing. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6(1), 1-54.' confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Chow given: Siu L. honourific: Dr lineage: '' date: 1987 date_type: published datestamp: 2003-05-19 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/29/56 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 2956 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/2956/1/chow_ico.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: "Iconic memory, ecological validity, informational persistence\n" lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:16 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 2 pagerange: 313-315 pubdom: FALSE publication: Behavioral and Brain Sciences publisher: ~ refereed: TRUE referencetext: | Adelson, E. 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