Chris is looking for his friend in a crowd of people at a concert.As he scans the crowd,he often blinks but still retains a brief visual image of many of faces in the crowd for a very brief time.Chris is able to maintain this visual information due to the function of his

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Sensory storage, also known as sensory memory, is a brief memory storage system that holds onto sensory information for a very short period of time (a few seconds at most). This allows us to retain brief sensory input long enough to process it into something meaningful. In this scenario, when Chris blinks, he retains a brief visual image of the faces in the crowd due to the function of his sensory storage. Short-term storage and working memory refer to slightly longer-term memory systems that allow for the conscious manipulation of information, whereas long-term storage refers to memories that are stored over an extended period of time.

Chris Is Looking for His Friend in a Crowd of People