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The Effects of Meprobamate on Perception

III. The Spiral After-Effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

C. G. Costello*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry (Maudsley Hospital), University of London

Extract

A review of the history and experimental findings relating to the spiral after-effect can be found elsewhere (5) and will not be repeated here. The reliability of the after-effect, the major role played by the cortex in its production and the evidence already obtained that the after-effect is modifiable in accordance with Eysenck's drug action hypothesis (2) indicated it to be a promising test in the investigation into the effects of meprobamate on perception.

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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