apperception

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But it is certainly true that the modern child of six or seven has so little apperception material for physical horrors that they do not take any deep hold upon him.

From Literature in the Elementary School by MacClintock, Porter Lander

It is true that we cannot conceive the universe otherwise than as infinite in time and space, because both time and space are but human modes of apperception.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann

Each apperception center had its own elevator shaft which went through the concrete of the "dura matter" down to "Grand Central", the traffic center below The Brain.

From The Brain by Blade, Alexander

There was one in every apperception center and there were hundreds more throughout The Brain, and their purpose was to replenish the liquid insulation which shielded the sensitive electric nervepaths of The Brain.

From The Brain by Blade, Alexander

This is the only sure way to secure perfect apperception, and without apperception the new knowledge lies dormant, if not dead, and unrelated in the memory until it disappears, as did Bitherstone’s.

From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)