TABLE I
| Aud. Interval (sec.) | 1.28 | 2.56 | 4.04 | 8.40 | 1.28 | 2.02 | |
| Vis. Interval (sec.) | .040 | .080 | .120 | .260 | .080 | .120 | |
| Obs. | |||||||
| B | Av. num. Trials | 13.9 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 9.8 | 13.9 |
| Num. Series av. | 8 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| Aver. Error (sec.) | .056 | .064 | .077 | .164´ | .045 | .067 | |
| Mean Displac'mt (sec.) | +.045 | -.040 | -.067 | -.152 | +.045 | +.067 | |
| Bo | Av. num. Trials | 9.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| Num Series av. | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | |
| Aver. Error. (sec.) | .114 | .060 | .054 | .049 | .05 | .082 | |
| Mean Displac'mt (sec.) | +.114 | +.045 | +.033 | .000 | +.045 | +.082 | |
| M | Av. num. Trials | 6.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| Num. Series av. | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |
| Aver. Error (sec.) | .09 | .07 | .076 | .110 | .067 | .172 | |
| Mean Displac'mt (sec.) | +.089 | -.058´ | -.058 | -.104 | +.062 | +.168 |
Transcriber Note
(sec.) moved into row heading from main body of the table.
Obs B row, 13.9 sec., taken out sec.
The first four combinations of intervals above, with which the major part of the results was obtained, it will be noticed, are approximately proportionate increases in each interval, column by column. These conditions were planned with a view to revealing the conditions, most favorable for coördinating the auditory and visual impressions, for each observer, so that his displacement would disappear, or show a tendency to disappear. So far as is shown by these results, there are here two types of observer. Bo has no mean displacement for the 8.40-.260 sec. combination, and it steadily decreases toward this point as the two intervals increase. Both B and M, on the other hand, have a considerable positive mean displacement for the 1.28-.040 sec. combination, and a considerable negative mean displacement for the 2.56-.080 sec. combination, and there is a further increase in the negative displacement as the intervals increase from this point. It seems as though these observers would give a mean displacement of zero for some combination of intervals between these first two. It will be noticed that the average number of trials is exceptionally large for all three of the observers in the first combination. This seemed to be pretty clearly due to the very short interval separating visual impressions.
THE AUDITORY INTERVAL alone VARYING
In order more certainly to isolate the influence of the time-interval between successive auditory impressions, another series of experiments was performed, in which this interval between clicks, alone, was varied from series to series. The visual interval was kept at .083 sec. throughout. This seemed to be about the shortest time-separation at which the successive impressions were perfectly distinct. The auditory impressions were at 1, 1½, 2, 3, and 4 sec. intervals. The additional observer, H, was myself. I obtained these results by experimenting alone. I adjusted the wooden shaft carelessly to a new position and started the machine. When speed was attained, I would make the observation just as an observer for whom the adjustment had been made. I would have as little idea beforehand as he with regard to the position of the click in the series of letters. Having made the observation, however, I measured the actual place of the sound and recorded it, as well as my judgment. In this way, of course, I had some idea, all the time, as to what kind of displacements I was making and how large. I was as careless of this knowledge as possible, and the records were laid aside absolutely, until I was through with the whole experiment. Terms used in Table II are the same as in Table I.