Comparison of Stress Effects of Perceptual and Social Isolation

Zuckerman, Marvin; Persky, Harold; Hopkins, T. R.; Murtaugh, Thomas; Schilling, Mary Lou

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1966.01730100020004

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“…The findings of the N-S GSR's difference between total and partial isolation in this experiment, in contrast to the lack of difference between SD and non-SD conditions in the later experiment, 24 may be related to the greater efforts made to prevent sleep or drowsi-…”

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“…The Allport-Vernon value scales and the MMPI Mf scale were also used in the 8-hr, study 24 and did not predict a significant number of SD response variables. The few relationships found between femininity measures and adaptive responses to SD in that study were also found to hold for adaptive response to the non-SD confinement condition.…”

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Sex Differences in Stress Responses to Total and Partial Sensory Deprivation

Zuckerman

1967

Psychosomatic Medicine

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The responses of 36 males and 36 females to 3 hr. of total sensory deprivation (SD) or partial SD (light or sound deprivation) were compared. Females scored significantly higher on a measure of verbalized stress derived from ratings of the post-SD interview. Males showed a near-significant (p<.06) tendency for a greater increase in GSR conductance from the baseline to the end of the experiment. Both males and females had more spontaneous fluctuations of GSR in the total SD than in the partial SD conditions. None of the verbal stress measures yielded differences between SD conditions. Personality measures of passivefeminine traits and values and field-dependency in the males did not correlate with either verbal or physiological indices of stress response to SD. The results give limited support to the theory combining set and enforced passivity as explanations of sex differences in response to SD.O E X DIFFERENCES have received little attention in the growing research literature on sensory deprivation (SD) or perceptual isolation, perhaps because most investigators have restricted their studies to men. Holt and Goldberger, 1 working from a psychoanalytic theory, have postulated that normal, heterosexual men with a passive-feminine From the Staten Island Mental Health Society, Bronx, N. Y., and the Research

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Sex Differences in Stress Responses to Total and Partial Sensory Deprivation

Zuckerman

1967

Psychosomatic Medicine

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“…Ss should then become more tolerant of stimulus variation in their environment, which would be reflected in shorter change latencies. Although the findings of the present study seem adequately interpretable in terms of task demands, these results along with those previously cited (Ormiston, 1958;Vodde & Robertson, 1969;Zuckerman et al, 1966Zuckerman et al, , 1969) consittute a cluster of independent studies which are an anomaly for arousal theory interpretations of exploratory behavior. The claim that none of these studies have really overstimulated Ss seems somewhat unlikely due to the variety of stimulus configurations used.…”

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Time off from rapid stimulation

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Leckart

1974

Bull. Psychon. Soc.

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“…Activity of the LC has been shown to be reactive to novel stimulation and to habituate when stimulation is repeated [Aston-Jones and Bloom, 1981]. The high sensa tion seeker in a stimulus-deprived state experiences in tense boredom which is reflected in his or her motoric restlessness [Zuckerman et al, 1966]. I would suggest that the high sensation seeker pursues novel and exciting sensations or uses stimulant drugs for the same reason, namely to increase catecholamine systems activity to an optimal level.…”

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Sensation Seeking, Mania, and Monoamines

Zuckerman¹

1985

Neuropsychobiology

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Mania is a clinical state that could be described as sensation seeking behavior out of control. This article describes the biochemical correlates of the sensation seeking trait in normals including: gonadal hormones, monoamine oxidase, CSF norepinephrine, plasma dopamine-beta-hydroxylase and serotonin. The findings on monoamines and their neuroregulators in manic and depressed states of bipolar affective disorders are also discussed. Some hypotheses are suggested that link the personality disposition with the variations in the clinical state, and make some high sensation seekers ‘at risk’ for the affective disorder.

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Comparison of Stress Effects of Perceptual and Social Isolation

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Sex Differences in Stress Responses to Total and Partial Sensory Deprivation

Sex Differences in Stress Responses to Total and Partial Sensory Deprivation

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Sensation Seeking, Mania, and Monoamines

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