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Drugs and Personality

VII. The effects of stimulant and depressant drugs upon pupillary reactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. J. Eysenck  and
J. A. Easterbrook
H. J. Eysenck
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
J. A. Easterbrook
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
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There has been relatively little work in psychology and psychiatry in which use has been made of the pupillary reaction to light and darkness; most of the work that has been done has been connected with the relatively slow reactions found in schizophrenia. This neglect is difficult to understand in view of the fact that this reaction and the autonomic innervation determining it are relatively well understood and do not present the same experimental and theoretical difficulties as the psychogalvanic reflex which is very much more widely used (Martin, 1960). In the present study, which forms part of a larger series, an attempt was made to investigate the influence of drugs on the reactivity of the pupil to changes in light stimulation.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 106 , Issue 444 , July 1960 , pp. 835 - 841
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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