Outpatients attending for conservative dental treatment were presented with eight instructions which they were asked to remember. The instructions were either written or spoken, and were in a positive or negative form. Patients treated with nitrous oxide remembered fewer instructions than those trea
Paradoxical effects of nitrous oxide on human memory
โ Scribed by Douglas S. Ramsay; R. Jacob Leonesio; Coralyn W. Whitney; Brent C. Jones; Herman H. Samson; Philip Weinstein
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 750 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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