In the context of the storage areas within the human brain, sensory memory:
A) has limited capacity.
B) has unlimited duration.
C) is considered to be preattentive.
D) uses semantic coding to store information.

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Sensory memory is considered to be preattentive because it is the initial stage of storing sensory information before it is processed further for attention or transferred to short-term memory. It captures an exact copy of the information from the sensory environment automatically, without conscious effort.

In the Context of the Storage Areas Within the Human