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Title: The Trained Memory
Being the Fourth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the
Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and
Business Efficiency

Author: Warren Hilton

Release Date: February 22, 2006 [EBook #17829]

Language: English

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APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

THE TRAINED MEMORY

_Being the Fourth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of
Psychology 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 Psychology
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1920

COPYRIGHT 1914
BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO

(_Printed in the United States of America_)

CONTENTS

Chapter

I. THE ELEMENTS OF MEMORY
FOUR SPECIAL MEMORY PROCESSES

II. THE MENTAL TREASURE VAULT AND ITS LOST COMBINATION
WHAT EVERYONE THINKS
CAUSES OF FORGETFULNESS
SEEING WITH "HALF AN EYE"
THE MAN ON BROADWAY
WAXEN TABLETS
NOT HOW, BUT HOW MUCH
REMEMBERING THE UNPERCEIVED
SPEAKING A FORGOTTEN TONGUE
LIVING PAST EXPERIENCES OVER AGAIN
THE "FLASH OF INSPIRATION"
THE TOTALITY OF RETENTION
POSSIBILITIES OF SELF-DISCOVERY
"ACRES OF DIAMONDS"

III. THE MECHANISM OF RECALL
THE RIGHT STIMULUS
"COMPLEXES" OF EXPERIENCE
THE THRILL OF RECOLLECTION
"COMPLEXES" AND FUNCTIONAL DERANGEMENTS
AUTOMATICALLY WORKING MENTAL MECHANISMS
TWO CLASSES OF "COMPLEXES"
THE SUBCONSCIOUS STOREHOUSE

IV. THE LAWS OF RECALL
THE LAW OF INTEGRAL RECALL
WHAT ORDINARY "THINKING" AMOUNTS TO
THE REVERSE OF COMPLEX FORMATION
PROLIXITY AND TE