Effect of alcohol on psycho-physiological functions / by Walter R. Miles.

  • Miles, Walter R. (Walter Richard), 1885-1978.
Date:
1918
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    not include the values for the first period. It will be seen that in part mr the values given in the column of normal averages are in every instance larger than their comparison values in part 11 of the table, which is another way of saying that the pulse was most rapid in the first period in normal days. The average values for dose A and dose B, part 11, are in the majority of instances larger than the comparable ones in part 11, but in general the leaving off of the first period on alcohol days has not increased the final averages, 879 and 886, as much as it did for the average of the normal days. Hence as a measure of the effect of alcohol in terms of the average we have —53 and —28 as compared to the previous —46 and —18. With the memory data the result of considering the averages in the way sug- gested is opposed to that just described. As the series of words used in these experiments varied, it seemed to the authors that the method of averaging the differences would be misleading, and that if they were to use the data at all, recourse must be made to the averages for a comparison. Reference to their table 20, page 131, will show that the “saving” in the first period is frequently much larger than in any other period during the day. It is clear that if the average for the normal day includes the ‘‘saving”’ of the first period and that for the alcohol day omits it, the comparison will give the normal day a TaBLE 30.—Association pulse data of Dodge and Benedict as affected by changes in method of computation. [Values given in thousandths of a second.] Effect of alcohol Alcohol. (alcohol-normal). Subject. 1018 |+ 8 | 1040 769 |— 79 872 890 | —152 927 sn wpe de 1s A 849 799 |— 56 728 862 |— 44 850 e602 {= SS) 2. -. 867 |— 68 1018 |+ 8 769 890 799 862 862 867 1017 782 921 808 869 876 879 1 Part 1 is a reprint of the data published in table 38, page 209, of Dodge and Benedict’s report, with signs as used by them.