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SUBJECTIVE INTOXICATION INDUCED BY NITROUS OXIDE IN VARIOUS CONCENTRATIONS
Author(s) -
Frankenhaeuser Marianne,
Jarpe Gundla
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1962.tb01264.x
Subject(s) - nitrous oxide , psychology , chemistry , anesthesia , audiology , medicine
F rankenhaeuser , M. & J arpe , G. Subjective intoxication induced by nitrous oxide in various concentrations. Scand. J. Psychol ., 1962, 3 , 171–176.—Subjective intoxication at various dose‐levels of nitrous oxide was investigated by the method of magnitude estimation. Estimates of intoxication were obtained from the intoxicated subjects themselves and from a group of observers. Both these sets of subjective scale values showed a pronounced and regular increase with increasing dose‐levels of the drug. Objective performance changes followed the same general pattern, but were much less pronounced. It was concluded that subjective scaling methods are well suited for measurements of drug‐induced changes in subjective variables.