Multiple choice

Things that are heard are held as a brief __________ in the sensory register.

  1. echo

  2. icon

  3. image

  4. engram
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Explanation

Echoic memory is the brief sensory register for auditory information - sounds you heard are held momentarily. Iconic memory is for visual information. 'Image' is too vague, and 'engram' refers to the physical memory trace in the brain, not the sensory register.

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