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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... looked , and what he had recognised , and so remember the whole . Another man , who had a good memory for the rela- tive positions of objects , would notice the relation which the various streets and buildings had to one another . For ...
... looked , and what he had recognised , and so remember the whole . Another man , who had a good memory for the rela- tive positions of objects , would notice the relation which the various streets and buildings had to one another . For ...
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... sense can be , and does not feel its want . A man who has been born deaf and dumb can have no ideas of sound . A very common instance is that of a myope who has never looked through an appropriate concave glass . He knows III.
... sense can be , and does not feel its want . A man who has been born deaf and dumb can have no ideas of sound . A very common instance is that of a myope who has never looked through an appropriate concave glass . He knows III.
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Frederick William Edridge-Green. never looked through an appropriate concave glass . He knows that his companions are able to see better than he does , because they are able to recognise an acquaint- ance at a much greater distance ; but ...
Frederick William Edridge-Green. never looked through an appropriate concave glass . He knows that his companions are able to see better than he does , because they are able to recognise an acquaint- ance at a much greater distance ; but ...
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... looked at . The photograph was at the end of a room , and lighted on both sides , and not looked at through glass , nor the ordinary vision interfered with in any way . It will thus be seen that ideas of form gained by the sense of ...
... looked at . The photograph was at the end of a room , and lighted on both sides , and not looked at through glass , nor the ordinary vision interfered with in any way . It will thus be seen that ideas of form gained by the sense of ...
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... looked at a picture or a photograph , close his eyes and think of the picture , the remembrance of it will be almost as vivid as the sensory impression itself ; if the observer had waited for a minute or two before trying to think of ...
... looked at a picture or a photograph , close his eyes and think of the picture , the remembrance of it will be almost as vivid as the sensory impression itself ; if the observer had waited for a minute or two before trying to think of ...
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