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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... consisting of groups of specially intensified constituents of the general sensory memory , formed by the action of particular faculties of the mind - THE SPECIAL SENSORY MEMORIES . 2. The memory required for the continued perfor- mance ...
... consisting of groups of specially intensified constituents of the general sensory memory , formed by the action of particular faculties of the mind - THE SPECIAL SENSORY MEMORIES . 2. The memory required for the continued perfor- mance ...
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... consists in bringing the mind to bear upon an impression in the centre for the sensory memory . Then if he were asked to describe what he had seen , he would think of how the buildings looked , and what he had recognised , and so ...
... consists in bringing the mind to bear upon an impression in the centre for the sensory memory . Then if he were asked to describe what he had seen , he would think of how the buildings looked , and what he had recognised , and so ...
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... consists of the modification of the protoplasm of the cells of the centre , produced by sensory impressions as received . 2. That memory which consists of the modification of the protoplasm of the cells of the centre , produced by ...
... consists of the modification of the protoplasm of the cells of the centre , produced by sensory impressions as received . 2. That memory which consists of the modification of the protoplasm of the cells of the centre , produced by ...
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... consist of sentences intelligible in themselves , but having slight connection with each other . Of her Hebrew sayings only a few could be traced to the Bible , and most seemed to be in the Rabbinical dialect . All trick was out of the ...
... consist of sentences intelligible in themselves , but having slight connection with each other . Of her Hebrew sayings only a few could be traced to the Bible , and most seemed to be in the Rabbinical dialect . All trick was out of the ...
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... consisting of sen- sory memory impressions . He then tries to execute the movement according to this idea , and does so with more or less accuracy . Now , there is a sensory impres- sion of this movement , which is remembered in the ...
... consisting of sen- sory memory impressions . He then tries to execute the movement according to this idea , and does so with more or less accuracy . Now , there is a sensory impres- sion of this movement , which is remembered in the ...
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