Psychological barrier
A completely soundproof room for the observation of psychological patients’ reactions to drugs and other stimuli, and their behaviour in isolation from their normal surroundings, has been provided at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. All noise and vibration is excluded. Lighting, temperature and humidity can be precisely controlled. It has one-way vision windows so that the subject can be observed without his knowing, and provision is made for the electronic recording of his reactions.
In this chamber, investigations will be undertaken into the neurological correlation of the senses – sight, hearing and smell – and into the…
