The Effects of CW (Chemical Warfare)-Related Chemicals on Social Behavior and Performance

This report summarizes work accomplished in the first year of a three year project aimed at developing a battery of tests of social behavior and performance that will be sensitive to the effects of Chemical warfare-related chemicals considered for use as antidotes or prophylactics against Chemical w...

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Main Authors: Bunnell, Bradford N, Iturrian, W B
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ANIMALS
ANTIDOTES
AS875
ATROPINE
BEHAVIOR
CHEMICAL WARFARE
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare
DIAZEPAM
LEARNING
PE62734A
PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
PRIMATES
PROBLEM SOLVING
Psychology
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
WU455
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Summary:This report summarizes work accomplished in the first year of a three year project aimed at developing a battery of tests of social behavior and performance that will be sensitive to the effects of Chemical warfare-related chemicals considered for use as antidotes or prophylactics against Chemical warfare agents. Procedures for assessing social behavior in nonhuman primates are described and compared. The presence and absence of correlations between social behavior and performance on two operant schedules, a test of complex problem solving, and behavior in a novel environment are reported as are the effects of caffeine (as a control) and atropine on the social and performance variables. Keywords: Performance, Stress, Diazepam, Pyridostigmine, Caffeine.