Which of the following statements is true of sensory memory?
A. It has unlimited capacity to store information.
B. It is used exclusively for visual stimuli.
C. It shows qualitative improvement through early adolescence.
D. It retains the trace of a stimuli for a fraction of a second.
Answer: D
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