When you are not paying attention to your teacher and then suddenly realize that something important may have been said, you are often able to hear what was just said by reflecting on your experience over the past couple of seconds. This is possible because of ____
a. ?iconic memory
b. ?short-term memory
c. ?haptic memory
d. ?echoic memory
ANSWER:
d
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