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                  Subject:  SI and H Experimentation    (6 September 1951)
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                       On Thur.sday, 6 September 1951,                             ind
                  the writer c,on    d  e  )Pri        SI and.-B between       and  :00 PM
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                              h s      tlie f  St experience fo-                nd   since
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                                4i%A             had very little  prev-iOU3 work along
                  SI and H lines, a full discussion of the methods, techniqves, and-
                  aims of Bluebird was held pr2ior to actual work.
                       It  was decided that since all three girls were approximately
                  in the same position regarding  SI and H and had done very little work
                  or none at all  basic tests Would be first given before the standard
                  relaxing  routine  was  tried.
                            i r s         en was a standard "falli
                           a, ,,A             esponded quickly, bu
                  SW  ing, d2id not ae  e    a true "fall back".
                       After sbme  further  A&5         the "hand-arm raising"  test  was
                                              iun on
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                  tried   an            t                obtained a slight hand levi-
                  tati rL                            an exceptionally good "hand raising".
                                          was 2unable to obtain any degree oflliand
                            although movement was noted in her hand.
                       After @hese tests  had been concluded, all   individuals   present
                  engaged in a general  discussion  particularly  concerning  the  neces-
                  sity of learning haw to relax before any more   advanced ex22T@@men
                  tation and testing could 2be carried on.  At this point,
                                               "elaxing teilrilque.            e
                  proceeded to apply theiiii,.                                  riod   of
                           -15 mi                                                  tained
                  about   10           I
                                                I                    apparentl  obtaining
                  a 2  slight degree of relaxation   t@
                  the   best results.  All agreed after awakening by the 1
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                  that they had experienced a relaxing,resting feeling.
                        Ihereafter, further discussion was held and thd             tested
                  each  girl individually again on a slow relaxing techniqiie ani@at   this
  4                point, a further and better relaxed state was reached by each indi-.
                  vidual participating*
                        The'results of this evening's work appeared  in  the  opinion  of
                  all those participating to be normal since this can really be re-
                  garded as a first attempt.  All  subjects  were  regarded  as  possibly
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                                             irr all cases, fu     70   ation was
              capable of deep induction and                  ii acao
              obtainea-although in the earlier experiments,                 a!-, not
              only skeptical but combative which undoubtedly prevented her froin
              obtaining better results in the "falling back" and'Ilhand raising"
             -tests.
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