The effects of certain drugs on mental and motor efficiency.

Spragg, S. D. S.

doi:10.1037/h0056364

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“…A final word should be said about the drug effects themselves. These results, although striking, are not novel (4,6,15,16). They do, however, raise a question concerning the way in which the drugs achieve their effects upon performance, if not through the motivational properties of the subjective dispositions they create, as some have suggested (1,2,6).…”

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“…The second method of induction took advantage of the analeptic and depressant properties of certain,drugs (4,6,10,11,12,IS,16). Each instructional group was divided into the following five treatment groups: (A) Control (no drug at all); (B) Placebo (lactose); (C) Analeptic 1 (S mg. dextro-amphetamine sulfate); (D) Analeptic 2 (20 mg, caffeine derivative); (E) Depressant (0.65 mg. hyoscine hydrobromide mixed with SO mg. diphenhydramine hydrochloride).…”

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The effects of experimentally induced attitudes upon task proficiency.

Payne¹,

Hauty²

1954

Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Using a complicated compensatory pursuit task the effects of two motivational and five drug conditions (analeptic and depressant) were studied. The instructionally induced differences in motivation had little effect upon performance. The drugs produced significant performance effects which did not appear to be due to changes in S's subjective state. It was concluded that these results "tend to discredit the general practice of invoking attitudinal constructs to explain work-decrement phenomena in the absence of confirming experimental demonstrations." 17 references.

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The effects of experimentally induced attitudes upon task proficiency.

Payne¹,

Hauty²

1954

Journal of Experimental Psychology

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“…Psychologically, it appears plausible that metrazol alters autonomic activity in such a way as to render sound a potent "fear" stimulus. This view receives support from the fact that the commonest pre-convulsive effect of metrazol in human beings is marked apprehension, frequently accompanied by fear of death (see Spragg (10)).…”

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The effect of metrazol on the susceptibility of rats to sound-induced seizures.

Karn¹,

Lodowski²,

Patton³

1941

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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“…Furthermore, historically, drugs studies were commonly reported in different journals of psychology. For example, the mayor experimental literature for the first 40 years of research in psychopharmacology can be found in the reviews by Hollingworth (1912a), Poffenberg (1914Poffenberg ( , 1916Poffenberg ( , 1917Poffenberg ( & 1919, Meyer (1922), Darrow, (1927), Shock (1939) and Spragg (1941) which appeared in the Psychological Bulletin. In addition, during the 1920s and 1940s over a hundred pharmacological studies were published in different journals of psychology.…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Research in Psychopharmacology by Psychology Departments (1987–2007)

Portillo‐Salido¹

2010

Span. j. psychol.

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From the very outset of scientific Psychology, psychologists have shown interest for drugs and their effects on behavior. This has given rise to numerous contributions, mostly in the form of Psychopharmacology publications. The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate these contributions and compare them with other academic disciplines related to Psychopharmacology. Using the PubMed database, we retrieved information about articles from 15 journals included in the Pharmacology and Pharmacy category of the Journal Citation Reports database for a 21-year period (1987 to 2007). There were 37540 articles which about 52% were represented by 3 journals. About 70% of psychology publications were represented by 2 of these journals. Psychology departments accounted for the 11% of the published papers, which places Psychology third behind Psychiatry and Pharmacology, which contributed to 22.69 and 13% respectively. Psychology contributed to the greatest number of studies in 3 journals, second in 3 and third in 8. This report represents the first effort to explore the contribution of academic Psychology to the multidisciplinary science of psychopharmacology. Although leaders of production of psychopharmacology research were from Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Psychology departments are an important source of studies and thus of knowledge in the field of Psychopharmacology Desde los mismos inicios de la Psicología científica los psicólogos han mostrado interés por los fármacos y el efecto de éstos sobre la conducta. Esto ha dado lugar a numerosas aportaciones, principalmente en forma de publicaciones de Psicofarmacología. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar cuantitativamente estas aportaciones y compararlas con las de otras disciplinas académicas relacionadas con la Psicofarmacología. Usando la base de datos PubMed se extrajo información sobre artículos publicados en 15 revistas incluidas en la categoría de Farmacología y Farmacia de la base de datos Journal Citation Reports durante un período de 21 años . Hubo 37.540 artículos de los cuales alrededor del 52% se publicaron en 3 revistas. El 70 % de las publicaciones de psicología se publicaron en 2 de estas revistas. Psicología, con el 11% de los artículos publicados, fue la tercera detrás de Psiquiatría y Farmacología, que contribuyeron con el 22,69 y el 13% respectivamente. Psicología contribuyó con el mayor número de estudios en 3 revistas, fue la segunda en 3 y la tercera en 8. Este estudio representa un primer intento por explorar la contribución de la Psicología académica a la ciencia multidisciplinar de la psicofarmacología. Aunque los líderes de producción en investigación psicofarmacológica fueron Psiquiatría y Farmacología, los departamentos de Psicología son una importante fuente de estudios y por tanto de conocimiento en el campo de la Psicofarmacología.Palabras clave: psicología, psiquiatría, farmacología, psicofarmacología, revistas científicas, estudio bibliométrico.

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The effects of certain drugs on mental and motor efficiency.

Cited by 10 publications

References 52 publications

The effects of experimentally induced attitudes upon task proficiency.

The effects of experimentally induced attitudes upon task proficiency.

The effect of metrazol on the susceptibility of rats to sound-induced seizures.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Research in Psychopharmacology by Psychology Departments (1987–2007)

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