The reason the world doesn't disappear when you blink is because of a form of sensory memory called iconic memory. Iconic memory holds visual information for about a quarter of a second or more. When we blink, our eyes are closed for a very short period of time. During this short period of time, the image of the world around us remains in our mind because of iconic memory and sensory memory. Sensory memory refers …showed first 75 words of 1491 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1491 total…gt;The likely results of this study would be that the people would be more likely to help out a woman than they would be to help out a man. Also the people in rooms by themselves are more willing to help the person out than people that are in groups, because the solitaire person has nobody else to rely on unlike the groups who rely on everybody around them to help the individual out.