Memory and Its Cultivation"One of the most marked features of the present age is the invention of labour and time saving appliances; it is evident that time saved is time gained. In an age which is specially characterised by intellectual progress, much time must necessarily be expended in the acquirement of knowledge, which will serve as a basis for further development. I hope, therefore, that any rules which will lighten labour in this direction will be found useful. After discovering the facts which led me to write on the subject of Memory, I found that I could learn a subject in about a fifth of the time that it previously took me. I hope that those who read this book will be able to improve their memories in a corresponding degree"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved). |
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... brought before the consciousness , when the attention is brought to bear upon the sub- ject . This modification of the protoplasm is perma- nent , only varying in intensity with time , and con- stitutes the sensory memory . This ...
... brought before the consciousness , when the attention is brought to bear upon the sub- ject . This modification of the protoplasm is perma- nent , only varying in intensity with time , and con- stitutes the sensory memory . This ...
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... brought before the mind , whether originated by any object in the external world , or by the action of any of the faculties , is ever entirely lost . This necessarily follows , assuming the process of memory described above to be true ...
... brought before the mind , whether originated by any object in the external world , or by the action of any of the faculties , is ever entirely lost . This necessarily follows , assuming the process of memory described above to be true ...
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... brought before the consciousness , the greater number of impressions never become revived , because this intensity is not attained . They remain in a latent condition , waiting for an appropriate stimulus for their revival to take place ...
... brought before the consciousness , the greater number of impressions never become revived , because this intensity is not attained . They remain in a latent condition , waiting for an appropriate stimulus for their revival to take place ...
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... brought lunch with them , had eaten it on the roof of the gate- way , where they would have been seen from below ; whilst he had been left on the ground with the atten- dants and donkeys . This case is remarkable for the vividness of ...
... brought lunch with them , had eaten it on the roof of the gate- way , where they would have been seen from below ; whilst he had been left on the ground with the atten- dants and donkeys . This case is remarkable for the vividness of ...
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... brought forth under the influence of appropriate stimuli : ( In a Roman Catholic town in Germany , a young woman , who could neither read nor write , was seized with a fever , and was said by the priests to be pos- sessed of a devil ...
... brought forth under the influence of appropriate stimuli : ( In a Roman Catholic town in Germany , a young woman , who could neither read nor write , was seized with a fever , and was said by the priests to be pos- sessed of a devil ...
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ALBERT SCHWEGLER animals aphasia APPLETON basal ganglia Battersea Park become associated brain brought centre cerebellum cerebral hemispheres cerebrum colour-blindness component consciousness contiguous definite developed difficulty direct revival easily example fact faculty of form faculty of locality FRANK HAMILTON CUSHING function ganglion cells give gray matter ideas Illustrations impres impressions received individual intensity large faculty large number law of remembrance learning letters looked mental mind motor memory movement necessary nerves nervous force noticed object obtained occur optic thalami orange perceived perception performed person phrenology physical series picture plane-tree point of difference portion possess previous impressions Professor psycho-physical colour psycho-physical series recollection reflex action represented retina reviving impression rule seen sense sensory impressions sensory memory sentence sight similar sions special memory spectrum student take place tion tune unconscious cerebration violet whilst whole words writing written Zerah Colburn
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