His sievelike mind retained very little of what she said.
Furthermore, he said, the human mind can process and retain only so much information.
The body was young and healthy, and the mind retained desire.
Incredible, that a man's mind could retain so much!
He had become very weak in body though his mind retained its sharpness.
The mind can rarely retain, evaluate, and apply new concepts or practices after a single exposure.
Perhaps metre is one of the factors which help the mind retain sound patterns, and therefore aids the memory.
Now you have it, and your mind will retain enough so that it may be of use to you later.
Not only his mind, but also his body still retains a human side.
My mind hasn't retained anything of the episode except the fact that it happened.