He used to work as a barber.
Less than 2.5 per cent of all inventories were for professional people (attorneys, apothecaries, barbers, schoolteachers, surgeons and clerks).
Moreover, the late tracking direction seemed to be dependent upon some vector combination of the potential different motion signals present in the "barber pole" stimulus.
Altogether, these results suggest that stimulating the "remote surrounds" of the grating has a strong influence on the perceived direction of the barber pole.
Other occupational groups who were apparently more likely to sue than to be sued were yeomen, scribes and notaries, and apothecaries and barbers.
However, none of the shop signs of butchers and pharmacies and only 20-25% of the signs of barbers, bakeries, and grocery shops was anglicized.
Note that this latter is the point at which responses to either "barber pole" or control stimuli diverge.
Open symbols illustrate responses to a "barber pole" of aspect ratio 3.