"Since each phantasm is a combination not only of the neutral form of the perception, but of our response to it (inten…"

"Even what we hear must be attached to a visual image. To help recall something we have heard rather than seen, we sho…"

"What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can nev…"

"It is possible for one with a well-trained memory to compose clearly in an organized fashion on several different sub…"

"One must have a rigid, easily retained order, with a definite beginning. Into this order one places the components of…"

"A long text must always be broken up into short segments, numbered, then memorized a few pieces at a time."

"Human memory is one of the worst data-collection devices in the world."

"Memory is merely the process of tuning into vibrations that have been left behind in space and time."

"The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that ha…"

"Attentional focus on one coherent scene does not in itself explain how a complex sequence can be recalled. To underst…"