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iconic memory

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iconic memory
n
(Psychology) Psychol the temporary persistence of visual impressions after the stimulus has been removed Compare echoic memory


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We let the picture of a looter be the iconic memory of the day and not an African-American woman trapped on the top floor of an apartment sending the rescuers down the block because there were ``three babies down there.
Iconic memory is the image that lingers in the mind's eye after a person sees something briefly.
 
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