Psychomotor Performance in Man as Affected by High Oxygen Pressure (3 Atmospheres)

Abstract

Abstract F rankenhaeuser , M., V. G raff ‐L onnevic and C. M. H esser . Psychomotor Performance in man as affected by high oxygen pressure (3 atmospheres). Psychomotor performance (simple and choice reaction times and mirror drawing) of 10 subjects during exposure to oxygen at 3 atm was compared with performance under normal air breathing at 1 atm. No statistically significant differences in psychomotor performance under the two conditions could be demonstrated. Nor did performance show any tendency to deteriorate with time within the 30 min period employed. The possible importance of these observations as criteria of concomitant physiological events is discussed.