Autistic Gestures: An Experimental Study In Symbolic Movement

Krout, Maurice H.

Published by Psychological Review Company, Princeton, 1935

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125pp, index, diagrams, stiff printed wraps, rear wrap has a crease at the center along its length, front wrap upper corner was dog-eared but now has been reinforced on verso with tape, short split along front edge also has been repaired on verso, spine chipped occasionally as noted in picture, generally clean copy, bright text. Psychological Monographs series. From the Abstract, "The aim of this study was to develop, with care and proof as to reliability and validity, a method of approach to the study of certain types of explicit movement; to study these in typical lifelike situations first. One of the most important characteristics of autistic gestures is the fact that they are neither perceived by the actor nor responded to by an observer. It is observed that autistic gestures tend to be consistent in their reappearance, as proved by our intensive individual and our hypnotic-trance studies. The theory of autistic gestures is that, in the presence of conflict and blockage, there may be an escape of impulses into effector-systems which, were the impulses uninhibited, would provide normal outlets for them." Very scarce. Seller Inventory # 018612

Bibliographic Details

Title: Autistic Gestures: An Experimental Study In ...

Publisher: Psychological Review Company, Princeton

Publication Date: 1935

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket as Issued

Edition: 1st Edition