Editing Iconic memory (section)

=== Saccadic eye movement ===
It has been suggested that iconic memory plays a role in providing continuity of experience during [[saccade|saccadic eye movements]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jonides|first=J.|author2=D. Irwin|author3=S. Yantis|year=1982|title=Integrating visual information from successive fixations|journal=Science|volume=215|issue=4529|pages=192–194|doi=10.1126/science.7053571|pmid=7053571|bibcode=1982Sci...215..192J }}<!--| access-date = 2011-03-11 --></ref> These rapid eye movements occur in approximately 30 ms and each fixation lasts for approximately 300 ms.  Research suggests however, that memory for information between saccades is largely dependent on VSTM and not iconic memory. Instead of contributing to trans-saccadic memory, information stored in iconic memory is thought to actually be erased during saccades.  A similar phenomenon occurs during eye-blinks whereby both automatic and intentional blinking disrupts the information stored in iconic memory.<ref name="Thomas">{{cite journal|last=Thomas|first=Laura|author2=David Irwin|year=2006|title=Voluntary eyeblinks disrupt iconic memory|journal=Perception & Psychophysics|volume=68|issue=3|pages=475–488|doi=10.3758/BF03193691|pmid=16900838 |doi-access=free}}<!--| access-date = 2011-03-11 --></ref>