Abstract
The psychoanalytic situation, with its private relationship between analyst and patient, is difficult to study experimentally and describe in quantitative terms. The intricacies of the relationship, the responsibilities of the analyst to the patient, and other such uncontrolled variables all interfere with attempts to create precise conditions for experimental study. Described is an experiment to control for one feature of the analytic situation, the effect on the patient of the analyst's presence, in an effort to quantify our knowledge in this important area.
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