A Laboratory Model for a Fourteen Day Orbital Flight with a Chimpanzee

Abstract

A young male chimpanzee was restrained on a plastic couch and isolated from the usual laboratory distractions for 14 dys. Assuming a 90 minute orbit, the subject performed a complex psychomotor task for approximately nine hours each day and received all of his food and water as rewards for his performance. Skin temperature, pulse, and respiration were monitored throughout the test and urine and feces were collected outside the isolation cubicle and measured. The subject lost no weight for the test period and recovery was rapid.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268408

Entities

People

  • Donald N. Farrer
  • Frederick H. Rohles Jr.
  • Herbert H. Reynolds
  • Marvin E. Grunzke

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • California
  • Chemistry
  • Health Services
  • Laboratory Animals
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • Physical Examination (Medicine)
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Respiration
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Mathematics or Statistics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris