Changes in the clyde mood scale produced by a sleep threshold dose of amobarbital
✍ Scribed by Chester L. Trent
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1962
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 282 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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✦ Synopsis
SHAGASS et al. (1959)
, who used unresponsiveness to direct questioning as an indicator of sleep threshold, suggested that the amount of amobarbital needed to produce sleep is probably closely related to the affeetive state of the individual at the time of drug administration. The present study investigated the relationship between the nature and intensity of the affective state at the time of testing and the amount of amobarbital required to reach sleep. The Clyde Mood Scale evaluated the affeetive state of the subjects and a mechanical method for indicating sleep threshold obviated some of the difficulties in determining unresponsiveness reported by S~AGASS.