Iconic memory allows us to remember the beginnings of sentences long enough to have meaningful conversations.

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Iconic memory refers to the very brief (about one second) and automatic type of memory that captures the image of a scene, primarily dealing with visual information, not the memory for the beginnings of sentences, which is more related to auditory or verbal information and would involve echoic memory or short-term memory.

Iconic Memory Allows Us to Remember the Beginnings of Sentences