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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... less nervous force is expended : there is very little mental labour involved , in reading a novel or watching a theatrical performance , but the number of previous impressions which are revived , is enormous . How different it is when ...
... less nervous force is expended : there is very little mental labour involved , in reading a novel or watching a theatrical performance , but the number of previous impressions which are revived , is enormous . How different it is when ...
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... less attention . The following example will show how special sensory memories differ in individuals , and the relation they bear to one another . Let us suppose that there were several persons on the top of the Monument , looking at ...
... less attention . The following example will show how special sensory memories differ in individuals , and the relation they bear to one another . Let us suppose that there were several persons on the top of the Monument , looking at ...
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... less vivid ; in a day feeble , in a week of still less intensity , the remembrance varying with individuals , some being able to have a fair remembrance of the picture , others failing to have the slightest recol- lection of it . But ...
... less vivid ; in a day feeble , in a week of still less intensity , the remembrance varying with individuals , some being able to have a fair remembrance of the picture , others failing to have the slightest recol- lection of it . But ...
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... less embryonic state , and becomes gradually developed , to be ready when required . Such a view as the above is in perfect conformity with our own sensations ; we do not confuse an intense impression received in the past with one ...
... less embryonic state , and becomes gradually developed , to be ready when required . Such a view as the above is in perfect conformity with our own sensations ; we do not confuse an intense impression received in the past with one ...
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... less accuracy . Now , there is a sensory impres- sion of this movement , which is remembered in the same way as ... less and less attention has to be paid to its performance . Each time a voluntary action is performed , an impulse is ...
... less accuracy . Now , there is a sensory impres- sion of this movement , which is remembered in the same way as ... less and less attention has to be paid to its performance . Each time a voluntary action is performed , an impulse is ...
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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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