accurately recalled. Meaningful sentences are more eaS1ly recalled than
nonsense Syllables.
This creation of coherent patterns need not be the consequence ot
conscious deliberation. It is a mental activity which is proceeding in all of us
with little intermission. We link things together, combine QDDOS1tes, create
new wholes out of data which were previously unconnected. What is it
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about human nature which compels this preoccupation with creating
integrated wholes?
The human species is not rigidIy pre-programmed with a repertoire of