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... 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 we try ...
... 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 we try ...
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... nervous force . Nervous force is a product of the cerebral cells , in the same way that bile is a product of the liver cells . Nervous force is used up abundantly in all the conscious and volun- tary processes of the mind , but very ...
... nervous force . Nervous force is a product of the cerebral cells , in the same way that bile is a product of the liver cells . Nervous force is used up abundantly in all the conscious and volun- tary processes of the mind , but very ...
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... nervous force which is inconsistent with sleep , or the vaso - motor apparatus which regulates the supply of blood to individual faculties has become paralyzed for those faculties , and so there is an undiminished supply of blood to the ...
... nervous force which is inconsistent with sleep , or the vaso - motor apparatus which regulates the supply of blood to individual faculties has become paralyzed for those faculties , and so there is an undiminished supply of blood to the ...
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... nervous force of the faculties employed becoming exhausted , in the process of perceiving the impressions , and they are accordingly not able to give out the requisite amount to revive the impressions , but do so readily the next morn ...
... nervous force of the faculties employed becoming exhausted , in the process of perceiving the impressions , and they are accordingly not able to give out the requisite amount to revive the impressions , but do so readily the next morn ...
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... mental activity of the individual at the time of reception ) , and the relative size of the faculty . A feeble impression can be revived ( remembered ) if sufficient nervous force be given out , and this will 62 MEMORY AND ITS CULTIVATION.
... mental activity of the individual at the time of reception ) , and the relative size of the faculty . A feeble impression can be revived ( remembered ) if sufficient nervous force be given out , and this will 62 MEMORY AND ITS CULTIVATION.
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