Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 / Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.

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A. Stanza given:	I.	34	34	35	34	p. 7-9
	II.	"	"	"	"	"
	III.	"	"	"	"	"

In 14 cases the following was reported:

I.	Lag noted.
II.	"	not noted.
III.	"	"

In 9 cases the following was reported:

I.	Lag noted.
II.	"	but shorter than first.
III.	"	"

In 6 cases the following was reported:

I.	Lag noted.
II.	"	and equal to first.
III.	"	"

B. Stanza given:	I.	35	34	34	34	p. 7-9
	II.	"	"	"	"	"
	III.	"	"	"	"	"

Any pause large enough to be noted in I. was noted in II. and III. (This table contains the judgments made on all trials.)

Most of the judgments of the third set are due to the fact that the subject first attended to the series on the second or third verse. The large number of cases (83 per cent.) in which the lags in the second and third verses were concealed by the equal lag in the first verse, makes it very probable that the type of a verse is somehow altered by the impression left by the preceding verse.