Sensory Restriction
Sensory Restriction

Author: Duane P. Schultz

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-09-11

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1483261611

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Sensory Restriction: Effects on Behavior focuses on the presentation of experimental findings on sensory deprivation and their connection to behavior. The book first offers information on the theoretical framework and physiological effects of sensory restriction. Discussions focus on arousal and the reticular activating system; cortical arousal as a function of level of stimulus variation; possible basis for individual differences in level of arousal; galvanic skin response; biological changes; and other physiological findings. The manuscript also ponders on perceptual and motor effects, affective changes, and differences in tolerance for sensory restriction. Topics include sensory restriction research, therapeutic effects of sensory restriction, and tolerance as a function of need for stimulation. The text also ponders on the effects of social isolation, including individual and small group social isolation. The book is a valuable source of data for readers interested on the effects of sensory restriction on behavior.

A Methodological Study of Confinement
A Methodological Study of Confinement

Author: Donald W. Ormiston

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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Thirty-four subjects divided into two groups were confined for 8 hrs in a lighted 5 by 8 ft cubicle where they worked occasionally on tracking, monitoring, and time estimation tasks and noted somatic complaints. Visual illusions were administered before and after confinement. Twenty subjects in another group underwent all of the tests but were not confined. A battery of personality tests was given to the subjects 1-3 months before they participated. Correlations among the personality test scores, the changes in visual illusions, and the performance tasks were computed. The results of the performance tasks showed no significant differences between the confined and nonconfined groups. Time estimated did not vary significantly during confinement. Confirmatory evidence was gained favoring the use of the spiral after-effect and rejecting and latency of autokinesis as criterion measures of confinement stress.