Hold and recall what you've seen.
Visual memory is the ability to briefly hold and later recall visual details — shapes, patterns, positions — after they're no longer in front of you.
It's behind everyday tasks like remembering where you left your keys, recognising a face, or recalling what a page of notes looked like.
Attention and memory are closely linked — if attention drifts before a visual detail is fully registered, it's harder to store and later recall, which can look like "forgetfulness" even when the underlying memory system itself is working fine.
Glancing at a parking spot number, then trying to recall it ten minutes later after being distracted by something else along the way.