V. THE HYPOTHESIS OF CONCOMITANT 

 PSYCHICAL AUTOMATISM 



IN various parts of her book Miss Kindermann 

 emphasizes the fact that after having given for 

 some days " communications " of a certain kind, 

 a sort of tiredness or annoyance, that gets hold of Lola, 

 completely prevents the repetition of similar communi- 

 cations ; but that repetition can take place if some 

 weeks of rest are allowed in the subject which has 

 provoked the tiredness. 



In another place she mentions that, with the pro- 

 gress of Lola's " education," the dog's attitude towards 

 herself, and other persons generally, became harder 

 and more difficult, almost hostile (a fact which I find 

 confirmed by certain answers of Lola's referred to 

 elsewhere) ; just as if the canine consciousness as it 

 gained illumination began to understand the many 

 wrongs done to it by man, which formerly it knew 

 nothing about. 



Other observers have repeatedly stated that a 

 capital fact in the story of " thinking " animals is 

 the necessity, which they regard as proved, of a pro- 

 gressive " education " directed at getting from the 

 animal results proportionate to the instruction 

 received. 



All these observations and several others of a 

 similar nature would seem to be arguments in favour 

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