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Memory and mental images in verbal deficit modification

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Available evidence suggests that human memory and thought are extremely complex and dependent on duration, modality, and brain function. By using unusual modalities and specific visual strategies for remembering and for problem solving it is possible to achieve great success. We should keep this in mind for our educational systems so that students’ non-verbal and other unusual thought processes can be used to increase the potential of human thought. Our present verbally oriented schools should not prevent geniuses with visual or other forms of thinking from achieving their full potential. Indeed, the total thinking power of even an average person can also be expanded.

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  1. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

    Bernard M. Patten M.D., F.A.C.P. (Associate Professor of Neurology)

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This article is an adaptation of a presentation at the 28th Annual Conference of The Orton Society at Dallas, Texas, November 1977.

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Patten, B.M. Memory and mental images in verbal deficit modification. Bulletin of the Orton Society 28, 217–224 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02653438

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