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CHAPTER XVI.. Memory

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MEMORY

Primary memory. Analysis of the phenomenon of memory. Retention and reproduction are both caused by paths of association in the brain. The conditions of goodness in memory. Native retentiveness is unchangeable. All improvement of memory consists in better thinking. Other conditions of good memory. Recognition, or the sense of familiarity. Exact measurements of memory. Forgetting. Pathological cases. Professor Ladd criticised.

INDEX.

PSYCHOLOGY.

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