Memory images

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This chapter assesses arguments, based on research into visual short-term memory. Several authors claim that the rich and possibly non-conceptual contents of iconic memory contribute to the contents of consciousness, but much of this is not processed into working memory so is soon &s;forgotten&s;. The chapter focuses on evaluating the two types of short-term visual memory usually invoked to support claims about rich/overflowing phenomenal content. It reviews arguments that iconic memory contributes content to phenomenal consciousness, newer claims about rich conscious content based on fragile visual short-term memory, and potential consequences for both sides of the debate, giving developing concerns about the nature of working memory. The usual form of short-term visual memory that is used to support claims about the rich/overflowing content of visual experience is &s;iconic memory&s;. One problem with the sparse/non-overflow accounts above is how the contents of various bits of processing come together in phenomenology in a way that preserves how things &s;seem&s; to us.

Ce résumé expose les affirmations des auteurs. BNTIC ne l’interprète pas comme une validation indépendante des résultats.