Change in strategy of solving psychological tests: Evidence of nitrogen narcosis in shallow air-diving

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-303

  Petri, N M ^a,b  

^a Naval Medical Institute Croatia   (Croatia)

^b Dept Undersea and Hyperbaric Med ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diving; Nitrogen narcosis; Perception; Performance; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIVING; GAS POISONING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIVING; HUMANS; INERT GAS NARCOSIS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 2442704834     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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