Evidence for a Possible Memory Impairment Resulting from Nitrogen Narcosis in the Rhesus Monkey

Abstract

Three Rhesus monkeys were pressurized to 200 feet simulated depth and tested on the reversal of a previously trained visual distrimination problem. All three monkeys displayed a higher percentage of errors on this reversal problem then on another reversal problem tested on the surface. These data, supplemented by changes in the monkeys' post-response stimulus observation time, are interpreted as possible evidence for memory impairments resulting from nitrogen narcosis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 30, 1973
Accession Number
AD0775871

Entities

People

  • Raymond T. Bartus

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Research
  • Biomedical Research
  • Compressed Air
  • Discrimination
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Learning
  • Monkeys
  • Narcosis
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Nitrogen
  • North Carolina
  • Observation
  • Pilot Studies
  • Primates
  • Rhesus Monkeys
  • Submarines

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.