40 Ss were punished for reporting autokinetic movement in a certain direction. When tested on apparent movement thresholds the data indicated that the upper threshold for apparent movement was raised for the direction opposite of the autokinetic punished direction. This was true for all directions and for the majority of Ss (31 out of 40).
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