At 1.11 sec. there was considerable inhibition in five out of six
cases. In the sixth case there was slight reënforcement at this
interval. With an interval of 1.39 sec., with one exception,--not the
exception above mentioned,--there was a stronger inhibition than at
1.11 sec. Inhibition in all cases began to decrease from 1.39 sec.
until it ceased at about 1.8 sec. The preceding stimulus then had a
reënforcing effect which reached a maximum in four cases at 2.08 sec.,
one at 2.36 sec., and one at 2.64 sec. Then, in all cases, there was
a decrease of the reënforcing effect which in three cases amounted to
inhibition. In the other three cases, the preceding stimulus had no
inhibitory effect for an interval greater than 1.8 sec. For one of
these, Fig. 5, the preceding stimulus had a reënforcing effect for
all the intervals beyond 1.8 sec. The second trough in the wave or
interval of maximum inhibition was at either 2.64 sec. or 2.92 sec.,
except for the person for whom there was constant reënforcement beyond
1.8 sec., in which case the first interval of least reënforcement or
second trough was at 3.19 sec. This was the second interval of greatest
enhancement, or second crest, for four of the others. Then followed a
third point of no effect or inhibition, which was 3.75 sec. or 4.03
sec. For the person for whom the preceding stimulus had least enhancing
effect at 3.19 sec., the second interval of greatest reënforcement
coincided with the interval of greatest inhibition for the majority
of the other observers. For four of the six observers, the third
interval of greatest reënforcement was 4.3 sec. In this, the observer
agreed for whom the last interval of greatest reënforcement was 3.75
sec. Thus while, for this observer, the first two points of greatest
reënforcement were separated by an interval of 1.11 sec., the second
and third points were separated by an interval of only .55 sec. This
same thing occurred in the records of two other observers, for one at
this point, and for the other at another point. Of the two dissenters
from the opinion of the majority that the third crest was at 4.3 sec.,
one was an erratic observer; and for the other, there was a slight
reënforcement at 4.03 sec. and no effect at all at 4.3 sec.
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