The minimal transformation to orthonormality

The solution is presented to the problem of finding that orthonormal matrix closest in the least-square sense to a given matrix of full rank. An application is shown to the problem in multiple regression analysis of determining the importance of each independent variable.     

Stimulus correlates of visual pattern discrimination by monkeys: Multidimensional analyses

Fourteen monkeys were presented with a series of simultaneous discrimination problems, each problem consisting of two visual metric patterns, and Ss’ performance was analyzed with respect to several physical dimensions of the patterns. Proficiency of discriminative performance was found to be directly and almost exclusively related to the extent to which the two patterns, when translated, had unique parts.