time of reaction to a relevant word was that of association with a

word referring to the object seen. The irrelevant stimulus words that gave abnormally long reactions were as follows: (i) 'Position too indefinite;' here the abstract character of the stimulus word seems to have caused the delay. (2) 'Clue detective;' the next long- est r. t. was that for 'bite scratch.' These stimulus words prob- ably had some affective accompaniment that caused the delay. (3) 'Remark word;' here there is no discoverable reason for the long r. t., and the same is true of (4), 'house brown,' and (5), 'walk para- chute.' If 'walk' had been a relevant word, the far-fetched character of this association together with the fact that its time was so long, would have led to the positive conviction that the object connected with 'walk' had been seen. Unfortunately the observer's introspec- tion on this association was not recorded. In the case of (6), 'telepathy man,' the unusual character of the stimulus word may again have been, at least in part, responsible for the delay; with (7), 'disgrace prison,' affective influences undoubtedly played a part. In case (8), the longest three reaction times were to irrelevant words: 'comfort vague idea;' 'servant play;' 'disgrace sin.' The last two involved affective elements (the observer had recently seen "The Servant in the House