M, Average: V. 17 mm. farther from center.
G, Average: V. 10 mm. farther from center. (Symmetrical position beyond F. 120.)
D, Average: V. 25.8 mm. farther from center.
(b) F. Blank, V. Picture.
M, Average: V. 33 mm. nearer center.
G, Average: V. 4 mm. nearer center. (Symmetrical beyond F. 120.)
D, Average: V. 30 mm. nearer center. (But V. farther at F. 40.)
These results are practically unanimous. They show that an object which possesses intrinsic interest acts like a mechanically heavy object, being placed nearer the center than a blank. Two marked deviations from the mechanical choice occur—although they have not affected the average sufficiently to destroy the general harmony of results. G, in both (a) and (b), chooses symmetrical positions from F. 120 on. His notes ['(a) F. 140, V. 136, picture unimportant'; '(b) F. 120 and ff., loses relation as they separate'; '(b) F. 160, picture makes no impression'] show clearly that for positions wide apart the picture, already a faint outline, becomes only a white square like the other and is put into geometrical symmetry.
Exp. VI. (2), by G and D. A stamp on one side unchanged, took the place of the blank; on the other side the stamp was changed for each choice.
(a) F. unchanged stamp; V. changed stamp.