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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... possess properties which we are not able to recognise by the senses we have ; but the study of science shows that ... possessed of sight . It is the same with a person who has been born without the sense of smell ; he is quite unable to ...
... possess properties which we are not able to recognise by the senses we have ; but the study of science shows that ... possessed of sight . It is the same with a person who has been born without the sense of smell ; he is quite unable to ...
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... possesses . He is astounded when he looks through a glass adapted to his vision for the first time . It is a revelation to him . The name applied to them has caused many persons to confuse two distinct classes of impressions , namely ...
... possesses . He is astounded when he looks through a glass adapted to his vision for the first time . It is a revelation to him . The name applied to them has caused many persons to confuse two distinct classes of impressions , namely ...
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... possessing the faculty in the same degree , and be more or less absent in a man possessing a deficiency of the faculty . Thus , for example , take the faculty of locality , which has the function of perceiving relative positions , so ...
... possessing the faculty in the same degree , and be more or less absent in a man possessing a deficiency of the faculty . Thus , for example , take the faculty of locality , which has the function of perceiving relative positions , so ...
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... possess the capacity of appreciating the impressions which are peculiar to that faculty . For instance , a person possess- ing the emotional faculties larger than the intellectual will be emotional in character , each particular faculty ...
... possess the capacity of appreciating the impressions which are peculiar to that faculty . For instance , a person possess- ing the emotional faculties larger than the intellectual will be emotional in character , each particular faculty ...
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... possess the faculty . A student will often find that after he has gone through a lesson more than the usual number of times , which he knows by experience he requires to master it , he is unable to recollect a word ; but after a period ...
... possess the faculty . A student will often find that after he has gone through a lesson more than the usual number of times , which he knows by experience he requires to master it , he is unable to recollect a word ; but after a period ...
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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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