The Thyroid Gland Is Unusual Because It Is Able to Store

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True/False

The thyroid gland is unusual because it is able to store a considerable amount of its hormone.

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Definitions:

Echoic Memory

A type of sensory memory that retains audio information for a short period after the original sound has ceased.

Iconic Memory

A component of the visual memory system which includes a very brief (<1 second), pre-categorical, high-capacity memory store.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory that acts as a buffer for stimuli received through the senses.

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Psychologists who proposed a model of memory in the 1960s, known as the multi-store or modal model, which includes the sensory register, short-term memory, and long-term memory.