Autokinetic Movement as a Function of Target Shape in Austrian, British, and American Subjects

Abstract

30 Austrian, 30 British, and 30 American college students were compared in an autokinetic movement task involving 6 target shapes of differing levels of suggested movement. For some of the target shapes differences in responses to implied movement were found among the three groups. Generally, British subjects responded most and Austrian subjects least to implied movement as a function of target shape.