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FOLLOWING visual stimulation by a rotating spiral, a negative after-effect of movement is observed. A preliminary report on what variables are relevant has been made by Holland1. Eysenck, Holland and Trouton2 have since claimed that individual differences in length of after-effect conform to predictions from Eysenck's theory. In view of these claims and of the fact that others3,4 are using this phenomenon in a clinical diagnostic context, it is perhaps important to offer this progress report of further experiments on the extent of normal variation and the factors influencing it.
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PICKERSGILL, M., JEEVES, M. After-Effect of Movement produced by a Rotating Spiral. Nature 182, 1820 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821820a0
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