The economy and training of memory / by Henry J. Watt.

  • Henry J. Watt
Date:
1909
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Credit: The economy and training of memory / by Henry J. Watt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    recall. To persistent brooding even the dim- mest past will 3deld. There are many other motives for a belief in a complete memory record of the past. They need not be re- counted here. This question, like the previous one, is insoluble because we have no absolute or complete record with which to compare our subjective memory record. We may, indeed, believe we never forget anything. This does not, however, mean that we can recall every- thing at will, but only that we cannot be sure that what we can usually specify merely as the event of yesterday or a year ago, or of such and such an occasion, will not return in detail to the mind as the direct object of memory. 3. The Definition of Memory: Distinction from Trace of Infiuence. If a series of foreign words is learnt to-day with a certain amount of labour, and relearnt with a less amount of labour after many years of forgetfulness, it may well be assumed that the influence of memory shows itself in the lessened labour of the second learning, although