TY - JOUR
AU - Grimsley, Glen
AB - Published as a separate and in The Journal of Psychology, 1941, l2, 71-74. HEIGHT AS A FACTOR IN CHOICE OF VERTICAL ANGLE OF FIXATION* Department of Psychology, The University of Southern California NEIL WARREN AND GLEN GRIMSLEY A variety of factors undoubtedly enter into the determination of the habitual tilt of the head and into the highest tilt comfortable to assume. That height is one factor is indicated by data to be presented in this paper.l A. EXPERIMENT 1 The problem first approached involved discovering the highest fixa- tion at which the subject reported comfortable muscular adjustment. The fixation target was a bull’s-eye, a one-inch dot surrounded by a four-inch circle, fastened to the wall at a height of 80 inches from the floor. Subjects were started 12 feet from the wall facing the target and instructed as follows: “Keep your eye on the target and walk forward to the nearest point at which the tilt of your head is comfortable.’’ If S raised any question he was informed that the clearness of the dot was not to enter into the judgment, that only the tilt of the head was to be considered. He was permitted to move forward 
TI - Height as a Factor in Choice of Vertical Angle of Fixation
JF - The Journal of Psychology
DO - 10.1080/00223980.1941.9917055
DA - 1941-07-01
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SP - 71
EP - 74
VL - 12
IS - 1
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