Editing Iconic memory (section)

=== Whole report ===
[[File:Sperling's Partial Report Paradigm.jpg|thumb|Sperling's original partial report paradigm.]]
The '''whole report''' condition required participants to recall as many elements from the original display in their proper spatial locations as possible. Participants were typically able to recall three to five characters from the twelve character display (~35%).<ref name = "Sperling"/> This suggests that whole report is limited by a memory system with a capacity of four-to-five items.