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Male-Female Differences in Underwater Sensory Isolation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Cathryn Walters ,
Oscar A. Parsons  and
Jay T. Shurley
Cathryn Walters
Affiliation:
Behavioral Science Laboratory of the Senior Medical Investigator, Research Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Oklahoma City 4, Oklahoma, U.S.A
Oscar A. Parsons
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Neurology and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City 4, Oklahoma, U.S.A
Jay T. Shurley
Affiliation:
Behavioral Science Laboratory, Research Service, Veterans Administration Hospital; University of Oklahoma, School of Medicine, Oklahoma City 4, Oklahoma, U.S.A
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Since the pioneering studies of Hebb and his associates (2) on the effects of sensory deprivation on human beings, numerous investigators have conducted experimental studies under varying conditions in an effort to establish consistent trends in behaviour of subjects exposed to such conditions. Since only two other laboratories, both using male subjects, have reported underwater studies in deprivation (1, 5), an attempt to replicate our findings of sex differences in response to the situation by use of this method seemed to be in order.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 110 , Issue 465 , March 1964 , pp. 290 - 295
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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