Jill has just heard her teacher say something. The sounds produced by the teacher are first stored in Jill's _____.

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The first stage of memory storage is referred to as sensory memory, where sounds, sights, and other sensory information are held very briefly (usually less than a second) before either being transferred to working memory or forgotten. Therefore, Jill's teacher's words would have been stored in Jill's sensory memory initially.

Jill Has Just Heard Her Teacher Say Something