Accession Number:

AD0653074

Title:

THE NMRI DEEP ISOLATION LABORATORY.

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD

Personal Author(s):

• Smith,Seward
• Myers,Thomas I.
• Edmondo,Peter M.

Report Date:

1967-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

The Naval Medical Research Institute deep-isolation laboratory is described and various aspects of its instrumentation are detailed. The lab consists of six highly-sound-reduced rooms and an adjacent control room. The rooms contain full life-support facilities for carrying out multiple-day studies of isolated confinement. Safety monitoring and psychological testing are conducted from the control room with no required physical contacts with test subjects. Automated testing and data recording are carried out, in some cases 24 hours a day, utilizing a versatile audio system and extensive programming and data recording equipment. This description emphasizes the furnishings and instrumentation installed for Project COMONOT, a study of 7-day isolation of individuals under different conditions of monotony and social contact. Author

Descriptors:

• *CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS
• *LABORATORIES
• TEST FACILITIES
• INSTRUMENTATION
• LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
• CONFINEMENT(PSYCHOLOGY)
• SAFETY
• MONITORS
• PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
• DATA PROCESSING
• AUTOMATION
• AUDITORY SIGNALS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE