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were different. The reports show the following points concern- 

 ing the feeling tone and arm movements : 



First. Long movements tended to lose their agreeableness 

 with increased rate and short movements in certain combina- 

 tions, e.g., ballistic, grew in favor. Consecutive movements in 

 one and the same straight line were unpleasant because they 

 frustrated habits of a right and left or an up and down move- 

 ment. " Balanced movements are pleasant, e.g., if a right move- 

 ment is followed by an equal left movement the effect is pleasant 

 and the movement is remembered." 



MIT. f 



DIAGRAM 4. Showing similar movements in distributing like numbered cards 

 but of different suits; a confusing condition. 



Second. The feeling tone of a movement made with the right 

 arm under the conditions of the distribution depends upon its 

 direction. The order of preference appears to be as follows (1) 

 horizontal to the right (2) right oblique up, (3) right oblique 

 down, (4) vertical down, (5) vertical up, (6) horizontal to the 

 left, (7) left oblique down, (8) left oblique up. While the reports 

 differ in the preference for right oblique up and right oblique 

 down, the majority favored the oblique. Subject F who was 

 left-handed, gave a different order of preference, but the judg- 

 ments did not appear sufficiently consistent for record. 



Third. Perhaps the most common and yet the most elusive 

 factor in determining the feeling tone of a movement was its 



