ABSTRACT
Perceiving being an act, it is, like all other things that we do, performed more easily with each repetition of the act. To perceive an entirely new word or other combination of strokes requires considerable time, close attention, and it is likely to be imperfectly done, just as when we attempt some new combination of movements, some new trick in the gymnasium or new “serve” at tennis. In either case, repetition progressively frees the mind from attention to details, makes facile the total act, shortens the time, and reduces the extent to which consciousness must concern itself with the process. (Huey, 1908/1968, p. 104)
