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... tion longer . Here we have an illustration not only of the fact of mental fatigue , but also of the fact that fatigue proceeds by waves of loss and recovery . Finally the person will stop as if paralysed . But you tell him he must go on ...
... tion longer . Here we have an illustration not only of the fact of mental fatigue , but also of the fact that fatigue proceeds by waves of loss and recovery . Finally the person will stop as if paralysed . But you tell him he must go on ...
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... tion with the brain processes there occur the mental acts of perceiving the sound and willing to move the hand ; the reaction - time thus includes the time of per- ception and volition . The following illustrations of differences in ...
... tion with the brain processes there occur the mental acts of perceiving the sound and willing to move the hand ; the reaction - time thus includes the time of per- ception and volition . The following illustrations of differences in ...
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... tion - time of a dog is shown in Fig . 29. The dog is fastened to an electric key on the wall . Two magnetic shutters stand on the floor . To get the dog's simple reaction - time a piece of meat is placed behind one of the shutters ...
... tion - time of a dog is shown in Fig . 29. The dog is fastened to an electric key on the wall . Two magnetic shutters stand on the floor . To get the dog's simple reaction - time a piece of meat is placed behind one of the shutters ...
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... tion , " a person attempts to keep time with a regu- lar sound of some kind , for example , a regular click . An experiment can be arranged in the follow- ing way : To produce the click we use the graphic chronometer . This is es ...
... tion , " a person attempts to keep time with a regu- lar sound of some kind , for example , a regular click . An experiment can be arranged in the follow- ing way : To produce the click we use the graphic chronometer . This is es ...
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... tion , but may yet be irregular , as indicated in Fig . 38 . The ideal of precise rhythmic action is that indicated in Fig . 39 where there is a minimum of irregularity and no retardation or acceleration . The distance between each two ...
... tion , but may yet be irregular , as indicated in Fig . 38 . The ideal of precise rhythmic action is that indicated in Fig . 39 where there is a minimum of irregularity and no retardation or acceleration . The distance between each two ...
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Page 181 - ... probably never in all their lives received one genuine colour-sensation. The modern religionists of the school of Overbeck are just like people who eat slate-pencil and chalk, and assure everybody that they are nicer and purer than strawberries and plums.
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