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In the amphibrachic form the average again shows three degrees of intensity, three out of four subjects conforming to the same type, while the fourth reverses the relative values of the first and third intervals.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
In the amphibrachic form the changes manifested by the constituents of the unit group are more obscure.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
Even when the beginning of the series is made coincident with the initial phase of the amphibrachic group the rhythmic type slips over into the dactylic, in spite of effort.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
They have the following values: Dactylic, 10.25; amphibrachic, 12.84; anapæstic, 12.45.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
The amphibrachic measure begins weakly and ends strongly, and thus approximates, we may say, to the iambic type.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
