Reference Kitson, Harry D: How to Use Your Mind, v.1, 17 Feb 2008.

Patricia · 02-16-2008, 09:22 PM

A guide to improving study skills, first published in 1921. It makes a number of very useful points in a succinct way.

How to Use Your Mind: A Psychology of Study.
Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study
By Harry D. Kitson, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Indiana University

zelda_pinwheel · 02-19-2008, 07:57 AM

I think i need a nap. when i first saw this post i read the title as "How to LOse your mind"

Patricia · 02-19-2008, 10:08 AM

I get days like that, Zelda.
Either I had better book in for an eye test or maybe read the book.

vivaldirules · 02-19-2008, 12:14 PM

The importance of sleep is covered in chapter 15 and the retarding effect of fatigue and the mental "second-wind" are covered in chapter 13.

I read this book (from Manybooks.net; thanks, Patricia, for converting it for MR) last fall and was quite impressed with how current it remains. I wish I had read it and taken it seriously when I was young. I was particularly affected by Kitson's comments about the neurological importance of habits to thought processes. Sounds perfectly obvious but the obvious sometimes isn't paid much attention to - certainly not by me!

02-16-2008, 09:22 PM	#1
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Kitson, Harry D: How to Use Your Mind, v.1, 17 Feb 2008. A guide to improving study skills, first published in 1921. It makes a number of very useful points in a succinct way. How to Use Your Mind: A Psychology of Study. Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study By Harry D. Kitson, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Indiana University

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	I think i need a nap. when i first saw this post i read the title as "How to LOse your mind"

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Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I get days like that, Zelda. Either I had better book in for an eye test or maybe read the book.

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vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	The importance of sleep is covered in chapter 15 and the retarding effect of fatigue and the mental "second-wind" are covered in chapter 13. I read this book (from Manybooks.net; thanks, Patricia, for converting it for MR) last fall and was quite impressed with how current it remains. I wish I had read it and taken it seriously when I was young. I was particularly affected by Kitson's comments about the neurological importance of habits to thought processes. Sounds perfectly obvious but the obvious sometimes isn't paid much attention to - certainly not by me!

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