Stimulation Seeking after Seven Days of Perceptual Deprivation

Abstract

10 maximum security prison inmates underwent perceptual deprivation for 7 days. There were 10 controls. After 7 days deprivation the deprived Ss sought a lower level of visual input and about the same level of auditory input as controls which was comparable to their own pre-test behaviour. These results were discussed in terms of recent theory and research results in stimulation seeking.