Long ago, during the early days of television, when a television set was turned off it took a while for the last image that was on the screen to fade away. This phenomenon is most like ________ memory.
A) iconi.
B) echoi.
C) working
D) long-term
E) semantic

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Iconic memory refers to the brief sensory memory of visual stimuli that lasts only a fraction of a second. The fading of the last image on a TV screen is similar to iconic memory because it is a brief and transient visual memory. Echoic memory refers to the brief sensory memory of auditory stimuli and is not applicable in this scenario. Working memory involves the active processing and manipulation of information and is not relevant in this scenario. Long-term memory is a more permanent type of memory storage and is not applicable in this scenario. Semantic memory refers to the long-term memory of knowledge about the world, concepts, and language and is not applicable in this scenario.

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