[Illustration: FIG. 19.--THINKING OF A BUILDING. Both
hands hold record plates, the pencils being held fixed
above them. Time of record 35 seconds. Direction of
the attention ↓. Subject facing ↓. I., left hand: II.,
right hand.]
The outline presented in Fig. 19 was obtained in a test in which
the movements of the hands were separately recorded, in order to
determine the degree of correspondence between them. The result
shows a marked general resemblance, indicating in part a common
origin of the two movements. The next figure, Fig. 20, shows that
this correspondence is dependent in part upon the similarity of the
positions of the two hands. The hand that is held away from the body
moves more extensively; but the form of the movements remain similar.
The records reproduced in Figs. 14-22 and 26 were obtained upon the
same subject, though with slightly varying conditions, and are fairly
comparable with one another, and thus illustrate the analysis of the
resultant movements into their component factors.
[Illustration: FIG. 20.--THINKING OF A BUILDING. Each
hand holds record plate. Time of record, 35 seconds.
Direction of the attention ↓. Subject facing ↓. I.,
left hand held extended far out. II., right hand held
close to body.]
[Illustration: FIG. 21.--THINKING OF ONE'S FEET. Record
plate vertical. Time of record, 45 seconds. Direction
of the attention ↓. II., thinking of a point overhead.
Time of record, 45 seconds. Recording plate vertical.
Direction of the attention ↑.]
Involuntary movements are not limited to the horizontal plane;
vertical movements may be recorded by holding the recording device
in a slanting position, and fixing the record plate upon the wall.
The main characteristic of such a record is the sinking of the arm
through fatigue; the movement is rapid and coarse (tracing I. of
Fig. 20). If the attention be directed to the front, we obtain a
resultant of the tendency to move towards the object of attention,
and of the sinking of the arm, as appears in the diagonal line of
Fig. 22. Fig. 21 illustrates an interesting point similar to that
illustrated in Fig. 14. When the attention is directed downward, the
hand falls rapidly (tracing I.); but when the attention is directed
upward, very little movement at all takes place,--the tendency to
move towards the object of attention constantly counteracting the
tendency for the arm to fall (tracing II.).
[Illustration: FIG. 22.--COUNTING THE STROKES OF A
METRONOME. Record plate vertical. Pencil held in
extended right hand. Time of record, 20 seconds.
Direction of the attention ←. Subject facing ←.]
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