The Secret of a Good MemoryD. Bogue, 1880 - 80 pages |
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... phantoms and sight - phantoms respectively in the cerebral work of " taking - in , " " treasuring , " and " recollecting , " as described in the following pages . However the question of priority may be de- cided , I will venture to ask ...
... phantoms and sight - phantoms respectively in the cerebral work of " taking - in , " " treasuring , " and " recollecting , " as described in the following pages . However the question of priority may be de- cided , I will venture to ask ...
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... is not less suggestive than the relative amount of inaccu- racy they display . We have already remarked that as a rule persons who habitually remember by ear —that is , by calling to mind a mental phantom 26 The Secret of a Good Memory .
... is not less suggestive than the relative amount of inaccu- racy they display . We have already remarked that as a rule persons who habitually remember by ear —that is , by calling to mind a mental phantom 26 The Secret of a Good Memory .
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Joseph Mortimer Granville. —that is , by calling to mind a mental phantom of sound - will , when writing from memory , make mis- takes suggested by similarity of sounds ; the words written , if not the right ones , will be of somewhat ...
Joseph Mortimer Granville. —that is , by calling to mind a mental phantom of sound - will , when writing from memory , make mis- takes suggested by similarity of sounds ; the words written , if not the right ones , will be of somewhat ...
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... phantoms when writing from memory , the aim of culture must be to develop the faculty of forming phantoms of sound and calling them up at will . It is in this way memory is to be trained and exercised . It will be seen that the object I ...
... phantoms when writing from memory , the aim of culture must be to develop the faculty of forming phantoms of sound and calling them up at will . It is in this way memory is to be trained and exercised . It will be seen that the object I ...
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... phantoms , it is necessary to exercise two distinct functions of the mind constantly and with a fixed intention . An individual who has satisfied himself that he writes from sound should make it an hourly habit to think by sound ...
... phantoms , it is necessary to exercise two distinct functions of the mind constantly and with a fixed intention . An individual who has satisfied himself that he writes from sound should make it an hourly habit to think by sound ...
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30 Coloured Plates 300 Woodcuts ADELAIDE NEILSON ascertain associated automatic faculty Balliol College Birds BOTANY brain cloth extra cloth gilt committing to memory connected consciousness Containing Crown 8vo cultivate DAVID BOGUE Demy 4to Demy 8vo desired to remember E. A. SOTHERN employed exercise experiment F.G.S. Illustrated fact Fcap FERNS Figures of Eighty formulæ H. J. BYRON habit Health Primers HENRY POWER ideas Illustrated with numerous impressions J. E. TAYLOR J. L. TOOLE JOHN KNIGHTAGE learning Lecture London MANUAL Martin's Place mental method mind NATURAL HISTORY numerous Illustrations numerous Woodcuts object paper particular persons phantoms picture Plain and Easy PLEASANT Published annually R. A. PROCTOR reader recall received recollection record remembering by sound Royal 16mo SCIENCE GOSSIP Second Edition Series SHILLING sight or sound sight-phantoms sight-writer sound-phantoms sound-writer Species squares storing super-royal 8vo taking-in thought tin-foil tion TRAFALGAR SQUARE Vols Volumes Woodcuts words writing from memory
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