THE NMRI DEEP ISOLATION LABORATORY.
Abstract
The Naval Medical Research Institute deep-isolation laboratory is described and various aspects of its instrumentation are detailed. The lab consists of six highly-sound-reduced rooms and an adjacent control room. The rooms contain full life-support facilities for carrying out multiple-day studies of isolated confinement. Safety monitoring and psychological testing are conducted from the control room with no required physical contacts with test subjects. Automated testing and data recording are carried out, in some cases 24 hours a day, utilizing a versatile audio system and extensive programming and data recording equipment. This description emphasizes the furnishings and instrumentation installed for Project COMONOT, a study of 7-day isolation of individuals under different conditions of monotony and social contact. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0653074
Entities
People
- Peter M. Edmondo
- Seward Smith
- Thomas I. Myers
Organizations
- Naval Medical Research Center