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... perceive impressions of the past without any relation to the intermediate links . It is within the realm of nearly everyone's experience , to try to recollect some conversation , name , or circumstance , and find that he is unable to ...
... perceive impressions of the past without any relation to the intermediate links . It is within the realm of nearly everyone's experience , to try to recollect some conversation , name , or circumstance , and find that he is unable to ...
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... perceive this memory , and act accordingly , associating the right cells . 3. That a stable motor memory should be formed . And , in those cases in which the equilibrium has to be maintained : 4. That a stable motor memory be formed for ...
... perceive this memory , and act accordingly , associating the right cells . 3. That a stable motor memory should be formed . And , in those cases in which the equilibrium has to be maintained : 4. That a stable motor memory be formed for ...
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... perceiving a tune . 8. The following seems to me a convincing proof of the multiplicity of the faculties . By careful observation of cases of excess or deficiency of particular aptitudes and desires , ultimate faculties can be defined ...
... perceiving a tune . 8. The following seems to me a convincing proof of the multiplicity of the faculties . By careful observation of cases of excess or deficiency of particular aptitudes and desires , ultimate faculties can be defined ...
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... perceiving into itself , ' as it would have to , to remember appropriate chords and tunes which had been composed before , thus abrogating one function at one time , without any apparent reason , and taking it on at another . Such a ...
... perceiving into itself , ' as it would have to , to remember appropriate chords and tunes which had been composed before , thus abrogating one function at one time , without any apparent reason , and taking it on at another . Such a ...
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... 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- ing . This is borne out by the fact that it is more likely to take place if the ...
... 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- ing . This is borne out by the fact that it is more likely to take place if the ...
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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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