Contents of visual awareness

• A shortlived representation of almost all objects

  • Is overwritten by a new scene, eye movement, etc
  • Resembles ‘iconic’ or sensory memory
  • Phenomenal awareness > ‘the image in your head’

• A stable representation of a subset (~4) of the objects

  • Can be maintained across views
  • Resembles working memory
  • Access awareness > ‘what you can report’

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