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Drugs and Personality

VI. The effects of stimulant and depressant drugs upon body sway (Static Ataxia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. J. Eysenck
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
J. A. Easterbrook
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London

Extract

In a previous study H. Holland (3) had found an increase of static ataxia under a depressant drug, as compared with a “no drug” condition, and in view of the close relation between static ataxia and the body sway test of suggestibility (1), which in turn is a frequently used measure of personality, it appeared desirable to investigate the general problem of the relation between drugs and behaviour on the ataxia test.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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References

1 Eysenck, H. J., Dimensions of Personality, 1947. London: Routledge ' Kegan Paul.Google Scholar
2 Idem , The Dynamics of Anxiety and Hysteria, 1957. London: Routledge ' Kegan Paul.Google Scholar
3 Holland, H., in: Eysenck, H. J. (Ed.), Experiments in Personality, 1960. London: Routledge ' Kegan Paul.Google Scholar
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