On the Intimate Composition of Membranes of the Inner Ear

Vernon, Jack; Hoffman, John

doi:10.1126/science.123.3207.1074-a

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“…2 Attempts to establish experimentally the necessary conditions of sensory deprivation in man were first reported from Hebb's laboratory in 1954. 5 We have reviewed the general literature on the subject elsewhere. by Reisen.4 In the original and in subsequent studies with human volunteers only a small number of subjects have been tested by any one investigator.…”

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Sensory Deprivation

Wexler¹,

Mendelson²,

Leiderman³

et al. 1958

AMA Arch NeurPsych

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Sensory Deprivation

Wexler¹,

Mendelson²,

Leiderman³

et al. 1958

AMA Arch NeurPsych

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“…In the experiment by Vernon et d. (1959), however, the same tests were used after 24, 48, and 72 hours of deprivation, usually with inconsistent results. In addition, while Vernon and Hoffman (1956) reported a significant improvement in learning an adjective check-list with continuing isolation, Vernon and McGill (1957) failed to replicate this finding. Freedman and Greenblatt (1959) also have reported some significant performance decrements and some performances which were not significant or which appeared inconsistent.…”

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Sensory deprivation and suggestion: A theoretical approach

Jackson

Pollard

2007

Syst. Res.

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Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By the mass, and 'tis like a camel indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: Very like a whale. Most investigators have wondered what to do about the obliging subject who “helps science” by telling the experimenter what he thinks the experimenter would like to hear; the anxious subject who gives what he thinks is an appropriate response rather than an actual one; and the creative subject who cannot bear to report the same dull, mundane reaction as everybody else. The authors here suggest that these factors may influence the results of sensory deprivation experiments to a much greater extent than has heretofore been recognized, and recommend a new look at some old interpretations.

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“…It is clear that the performance of isolated volunteers is not always impaired. In fact, there is evidence that immediate memory span (Myers et aI., 1964), vigilance (Smith et al, 1967, complex perceptual-motor skills (Smith and Myers, 1967), verbal learning (Vernon and Hoffman, 1956), and sensory acuity (Zubek, 1969b) may actually improve during isolation, and relatively complex mental functions have shown little, if any, systematic decline. In general, the striking alterations in perceptual organization (e.g., the bending of plane surfaces and loss of perceptual constancies) first reported by the McGill investigators have not been found in later studies.…”

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Human Factors in Long-Duration Spaceflight

1972

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On the Intimate Composition of Membranes of the Inner Ear

Cited by 49 publications

References 5 publications

Sensory Deprivation

Sensory Deprivation

Sensory deprivation and suggestion: A theoretical approach

Human Factors in Long-Duration Spaceflight

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