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son as chairman. By request of the chairmen, these two 

 committees were combined under the above title and the fol- 

 lowing membership was arranged: K. S. Lashley, J. B. Wat- 

 son, and S. I. Franz, chairman. 



The activities of the committee continued to August 4, 

 1918, when it was reorganized with the same membership as 

 a subcommittee on "Problems of Reeducation." 



Assistance was afforded the War Department by this com- 

 mittee in the following directions: {a) Systematic instruction 

 of neuro-psychiatric groups in the work of rehabilitation by 

 Franz at St. Elizabeths Hospital; {h) the development and 

 application of methods for the reeducation of aphasics and 

 paralytics (report on this subject Is being prepared for publi- 

 cation by Franz); {c) conduct of investigations on the effect 

 of Injury to the brain, with special reference to the relation of 

 experiments on monkeys to cerebral war injuries; {d) arrange- 

 ment with the Medical Department of the Army for the prep- 

 aration of motion pictures of animal and human subjects to 

 illustrate varieties of Incapacity; {e) preparation of a program 

 for reconstructional experimentation which was subsequently 

 presented to the Chief of the Division of Special Hospitals, 

 Office of the Surgeon General; (/) Cooperation with Major 

 Haggerty of the Division of Special Hospitals in the formula- 

 tion of plans and the preparation of methods for psychologi- 

 cal service in reeducation; {g) Lashley of the committee ex- 

 tended Franz's reeducational studies to crippled children and 

 also conducted Investigations on animal reeducation after 

 cerebral extirpation and the reacquisltion of muscular con- 

 trol after cerebral lesions. 



No one of the above lines of service or research can be 

 adequately reported here, but it is understood that suitable 

 accounts of the work will be published In scientific periodicals. 



9. Committee on Problems of Emotional Stability ^ Fear and 

 Self-control. — As originally organized this committee of the 

 American Psychological Association consisted of W. B. Can- 

 non, G. S. Hall, J. B. Morgan, J. F. Shepard, and R. S. Wood- 

 worth, chairman. In August, 1918, It was reorganized as the 

 subcommittee on problems of emotional fitness with the fol- 



