The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series.

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Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is...

Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is...

The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of...

The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of...

Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all...

Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all...

These syllables, about 2,300 in number, were mixed together and then drawn out by chance...

These syllables, about 2,300 in number, were mixed together and then drawn out by chance...

A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that...

A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that...

The school-boy doesn't force himself to learn his vocabularies and rules altogether at night, but...

The school-boy doesn't force himself to learn his vocabularies and rules altogether at night, but...

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of...

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of...

Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree...

Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree...

Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually...

Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually...

The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter...

The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter...

Mental states of every kind, - sensations, feelings, ideas, - which were at one time...

Mental states of every kind, - sensations, feelings, ideas, - which were at one time...

Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be...

Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be...

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never...

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never...

Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent...

Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent...

On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is...

On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is...

The amount of detailed information which an individual has at his command and his theoretical...

The amount of detailed information which an individual has at his command and his theoretical...

Mental events, it is said, are not passive happenings but the acts of a subject.

Mental events, it is said, are not passive happenings but the acts of a subject.

One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables,...

One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables,...