Trained Memory

Warren Hilton

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Lost phone numbers, missed appointments, forgotten birthdays, blown deadlines -- how much of the stress in your life can be traced back to faulty memory? In The Trained Memory, famed mentalist Warren Hilton shows readers how to sharpen their focus, cognitive processes, and power of recall with a series of straightforward, simple memory exercises.

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• Publié par: The Floating Press
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781775413370
• Langue: English

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THE TRAINED MEMORY
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WARREN HILTON
 
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The Trained Memory First published in 1914.
ISBN 978-1-775413-37-0
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Contents
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Chapter I - The Elements of Memory Chapter II - The Mental Treasure Vault and Its Lost Combination Chapter III - The Mechanism of Recall Chapter IV - The Laws of Recall Chapter V - The Science of Forgetting Chapter VI - The Fallacy of Most Memory Systems Chapter VII - A Scientific Memory System for Business Success
 
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Being the Fourth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications ofPsychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency
BY
WARREN HILTON, A.B., L.L.B.FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LITERARY DIGEST
FOR
The Society of Applied PsychologyNEW YORK AND LONDON1920
COPYRIGHT 1914BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESSSAN FRANCISCO
Chapter I - The Elements of Memory
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Four Special Memory Processes
You have learned of the sense-perceptive and judicial processes by whichyour mind acquires its knowledge of the outside world. You come now to astudy of the phenomenon of memory, the instrument by which your mindretains and makes use of its knowledge, the agency that has power toresurrect the buried past or power to enfold us in a Paradise of dreamsmore perfect than reality.
In the broadest sense, memory is the faculty of the mind by which we(1) retain , (2) recall , (3) picture to the mind's eye , and (4) recognize past experiences.
Memory involves, therefore, four elements, Retention , Recall , Imagination and Recognition .
Chapter II - The Mental Treasure Vault and Its Lost Combination
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What Everyone Thinks
Almost everyone seems to think that we retain in the mind only thosethings that we can voluntarily recall; that memory, in other words, islimited to the power of voluntary reproduction.
This is a profound error. It is an inexcusable error. The daily papersare constantly reporting cases of the lapse and restoration of memorythat contain all the elements of underlying truth on this subject.
Causes of Forgetfulness
It is plain enough that the memory seems decidedly limited in itsscope. This is because our power of voluntary recall is decidedlylimited.
But it does not follow simply because we are without the power todeliberately recall certain experiences that all mental trace of thoseexperiences is lost to us.
Those experiences that we are unable to recall are those that wedisregarded when they occurred because they possessed no specialinterest for us. They are there, but no mental associations orconnections with power to awaken them have arisen in consciousness.
Seeing with "Half an Eye"
Things are continually happening all around us that we see with but"half an eye." They are in the "fringe" of consciousness, and wedeliberately ignore them.