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... become an integral part of ourselves , then there is no memory in the process of remembrance . They say , ' we do not remember that a stone is hard . ' It seems to me that if we forgot that important circumstance , we should be reminded ...
... become an integral part of ourselves , then there is no memory in the process of remembrance . They say , ' we do not remember that a stone is hard . ' It seems to me that if we forgot that important circumstance , we should be reminded ...
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... become irretrievably lost , but that the power of recalling it has become temporarily or permanently lost . ) In the following pages I shall demonstrate that memory is a definite faculty , and has its seat in the basal ganglia of the ...
... become irretrievably lost , but that the power of recalling it has become temporarily or permanently lost . ) In the following pages I shall demonstrate that memory is a definite faculty , and has its seat in the basal ganglia of the ...
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... become a soldier , or a man who found a difficulty in mastering the multiplication table , an accountant . man who was colour - blind might make a very good engraver or sculptor , but would be a failure as an artist . A The foregoing ...
... become a soldier , or a man who found a difficulty in mastering the multiplication table , an accountant . man who was colour - blind might make a very good engraver or sculptor , but would be a failure as an artist . A The foregoing ...
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... 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 . How often the most trivial incidents are brought back , by some strong ...
... 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 . How often the most trivial incidents are brought back , by some strong ...
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... becomes gradually covered with small pictures , words , & c . , exactly as he has received the impressions ; and so the process goes on , an addition being made every time an impression is received . This illustration is only intended ...
... becomes gradually covered with small pictures , words , & c . , exactly as he has received the impressions ; and so the process goes on , an addition being made every time an impression is received . This illustration is only intended ...
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animals aphasia aphasic basal ganglia Battersea Park become associated brain brought centre cerebellum cerebral hemispheres cerebrum colour-blindness component connection consciousness contiguous correct deficient definite developed difficulty direct revival easily example fact faculty of form faculty of locality function ganglion cells gray matter ideas Illustrations impres impressions received individual intensity language large faculty large number law of remembrance learning letters looked mental mind motor memory movement Mozart necessary nerves nervous force noticed object obtained occur once optic thalami orange perceive perception performed person phrenological 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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