You are a witness to a robbery. Based on research about iconic and echoic store, the time required to recall the face of the robber would be ____________ the time to recall the voice of the robber.
A)shorter than
B)longer than
C)equal to
D)shorter, longer, or equal to

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Iconic memory (visual information) tends to fade more quickly than echoic memory (auditory information). However, the process of recalling a face (a complex visual task) can be more immediate due to the brain's specialized mechanisms for processing faces, making it potentially quicker to recall a face than to recall a voice, despite the longer-lasting nature of echoic memory.

You Are a Witness to a Robbery