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PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL. 



SUMMARY OF THE WORD-REACTIONS. 



A summary of the word-reaction data is given in table 11, in the 

 same general arrangement of columns as obtained in table 10. Since 

 the effects of alcohol are relatively slight at most, it seemed desirable 

 to present the results in true averages as well as by differences. All the 

 results are given without correction for the instrumental latency. In 

 accordance with our investigation of that factor (p. 99) , absolute values 

 will be found by subducting 37 a from recorded values. 



TABLE 11. Summary of word-reactions. 

 [Values given in thousandths of a second.] 



! Dose C (12 c.c.) was used in the 12-hour experiments. 



Differences equal period 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, etc. 



'Experiment with dose A was accidentally omitted from this series. 



As appears from table 11, the average recorded normal latency of the 

 word-reaction for the normal group, is 455<r. It is notably higher, viz, 

 590 <r, for the psychopathic group. Subject XI was especially handi- 

 capped by a slight impediment in his speech. His latency is conse- 

 quently conspicuously long. 



The range of normal averages for the main group is from 402 a to 

 486 (T, a maximum difference of 21 per cent. Within the main group, 

 at least, the community of linguistic association corresponds with our 

 expectation. 



