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forward at the start, and inclined still farther forward 

 at the second — and just before the third — tap. But 

 at 3 there is a sudden upward jerk. The number 

 thought of had been 4, tension therefore had exploded, as 

 it were, too soon. 



Figure 11 (again of Schillings) gives indications, on 

 the other hand, of a niedium and economic concentration 

 of attention, which is more normal in character. The 

 number thought of was 4. 



Fig. II. 



Figure 12 (Schillings again) is indicative of a low 

 degree of psychic tension. With the very first tap the 

 head begins to rise and continues to do so throughout 

 the test. A true final jerk does not occur, we note rather 

 in all three curves registering the head movements, slight 

 time-marking movements, especially in the second curve. 

 In the third curve they are at first minute, but increase 

 steadily in size until the fourth tap, after which they 

 suddenly disappear. The subject had, as a matter of fact, 



