Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1: Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
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Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1: Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
Psychology, Experimental
Rate. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
60 1.000 1.065 1.140 1.108 1.123 0.952 1.129 1.119 1.130 1.112
90 1.000 0.970 1.025 1.056 1.061 1.037 1.048 1.063 1.072 1.047
120 1.000 1.000 0.990 1.048 1.040 1.007 0.986 1.030 1.037 0.962
TABLE XIV.
(_b_) Above Combined in Series of Five.
Rate. I II III IV V
60 0.976 1.097 1.129 1.119 1.117
90 1.018 1.009 1.044 1.059 1.054
120 1.003 0.993 1.010 1.042 1.001
In the following table (XV.) is presented the average proportional
duration of the intervals separating the successive reactions of these
subjects to the stimulations given by the alternate swing and return
of the pendulum.
TABLE XV.
Subject. Rate: 60. Rate: 90. Rate: 120.
B. 0.744 : 1.000 0.870 : 1.000 0.773 : 1.000
J. 0.730 : 1.000 0.737 : 1.000 0.748 : 1.000
K. 0.696 : 1.000 0.728 : 1.000 0.737 : 1.000
N. 0.526 : 1.000 0.844 : 1.000 0.893 : 1.000
The corresponding intensive values, as measured by the excursion of
the recording pen, are as follows:
TABLE XVI.
Subject. Rate: 60. Rate: 90. Rate: 120.
B. (1.066 : 1.000) 0.918 : 1.000 (1.010 : 1.000)
J. 0.938 : 1.000 0.943 : 1.000 0.946 : 1.000
K. 0.970 : 1.000 0.949 : 1.000 (1.034 : 1.000)
N. 0.883 : 1.000 0.900 : 1.000 0.950 : 1.000
These figures present a double process of rhythmic differentiation,
intensively into stronger and weaker beats, and temporally into
longer and shorter intervals. The accentuation of alternate elements
has an objective provocative in the qualitative unlikeness of the
ticks given by the swing and return of the pendulum. This phase is,
however, neither so clearly marked nor so constant as the temporal
grouping of the reactions. In three cases the accent swings over to
the shorter interval, which, according to the report of the subjects,
formed the initial member of the group when such grouping came to
subjective notice. This latter tendency appears most pronounced at the
fastest rate of reaction, and perhaps indicates a tendency at rapid
tempos to prefer trochaic forms of rhythm. In temporal grouping the
coördination of results with the succession of rates presents an
exception only in the case of one subject (XV. B, Rate 120), and the
various observers form a series in which the rhythmizing tendency
becomes more and more pronounced.
Combining the reactions of the various subjects, the average for all
shows an accentuation of the longer interval, as follows:
TABLE XVII.
Rate. Temp. Diff. Intens. Diff.
60 0.674 : 1.000 0.714 : 1.000
90 0.795 : 1.000 0.927 : 1.000
120 0.788 : 1.000 0.985 : 1.000
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