The next step in the analysis of the complication experiment, bringing
it into relation with the simple coördination of two disparate stimuli,
is to show, if possible, the influence of the _series_ of _visual_
impressions. This naturally divides into two lines, namely, (1) the
_length_ of the series as such, and (2) the relative influence, in
case of a given kind of displacement, of the part of the series coming
_after_ the auditory stimulus, and the part _preceding_ it. For the
first, I used in comparison, a series of twelve letters, a series
of three, and a single letter. For the second, the letter, whose
coördination with the click was set as the task of the observer, was
made successively the first, the last, and the middle member of a
series of five letters.
During each hour of experimentation, the observer was tested as to
his accuracy of localization of the click, (1) in a series of twelve
letters at intervals of .083 sec., (2) in a series of three at the
same interval, and (3) with reference to a single letter. The method
for the first two was exactly as in the preceding experiments. In the
case of the single letter, he was asked to localize as accurately as
possible in terms of the intervals as he remembered them from the
series. This introduced an element of uncertainty. One observer, St,
would not give any judgments as to time-differences in the case of the
single letter. Another method had to be adopted in order to obtain more
comparable results. These results (Table III) are presented as showing,
by comparison with the following table, the transition from one method
to the other. Clicks were at 2-sec. intervals. Each number in the
table is the average result of fifty or more experiments. They are in
thousandths of seconds, and the plus and minus signs indicate positive
and negative displacements.
TABLE III
_Observer_ _Twelve Letters_ _Three Letters_ _One Letter._
A +.012 sec. -.029 sec. -.010 sec.
G -.022 sec. +.004 sec. -.004 sec.
Sh +.028 sec. -.079 sec. -.057 sec.
St -.050 sec. -.036 sec.
Bo +.029 sec. -.015 sec. -.022 sec.
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