Aud. Interval (sec.) 1 1-1/2 2 3 4
Vis. Interval (sec.) .083 .083 .083 .083 .083
Obs.
B Av. num. Trials 8.5 6.8 6.2 4.8 4.8
Num. Series av. 10 10 10 10 10
Aver. Error (sec.) .097 .108 .106 .097 .101
Mean Displacement (sec.) +.097 +.108 +.106 +.097 +.101
Bo Av. num. Trials 6.0 5.0 4.2 3.2 3.1
Num. Series av. 10 10 10 10 10
Aver. Error (sec.) .103 .080 .081 .092 .082
Mean Displacement (sec.) +.102 +.073 +.078 +.089 +.075
M Av. num. Trials 4.4 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.8
Num. Series av. 10 10 10 10 10
Aver. Error (sec.) .088 .084 .081 .068 .052
Mean Displacement (sec.) +.086 +.079 +.072 +.051 +.048
H Av. num. Trials
Num. Series av. 10 10 10 10 10
Aver. Error (sec.) .043 .036 .047 .040 .037
Mean Displacement (sec.) -.022 -.012 -.027 -.017 -.013
One series of ten of each of these combinations was given during each
hour of experimentation with each observer. These were also given
in a different order each day, so that no combination should have
the advantage, by practice or lack of fatigue, in the average of the
ten series. Here again it was evident, in the records of each of the
observers for whom the count was made, that the largest number of
trials was necessary in the 1-.083 sec. combination. It thus appears
that it was not the short visual interval, .040, in Table I, that was
responsible for the large number of trials necessary in the first
combination. Here, where there is the same visual interval of .083
sec. throughout, it must be the short auditory interval which makes
particularly difficult conditions for attention. This agreement between
the results in both groups of experiments seems to indicate unfavorable
conditions for accurate coördination at auditory intervals as short
as one second. The large changes in the mean displacement for B and M
between the first two combinations in the first group (Table I) was
kept especially in mind in planning this second series of combined
intervals. It was presumed from the results given by these observers
in Table I that they would each, with the range of auditory interval
presented them in these experiments, show a point of no displacement,
or a very slight one, and an increasing displacement on each side of
this point. They both seemed to indicate a time-interval favorable
for the "ripening of apperception" as Wundt and Von Tschisch call
it, and I planned these experiments especially to bring it out more
clearly.
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