14-12-09 During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. Well, said the Director, we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon,a teacup and a bucke...

14-06-12 During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the director, What is the criterion（标准） that defines a patient to be institutionalized? Well... said the director, we fill up a bathtub, and we offer a teaspoon（茶匙） , a teacup, and a bucke...

12-03-22 The ' bathtub effect' is perhaps the most commonly reported finding in the literature on memory for words. People remember the beginnings and ends of words better than the middles, as if the word were a person lying in a bathtub, with their head out...