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The time taken to detect the direction of movement of a stylus drawn across the volar surface of the forearm is greater for heroin addicts than for nonaddicts. The slower the speed of movement of the stylus, the greater the difference. Perception of nontemporally related dimensions is not affected, indicating that the effects of heroin appear to be highly specific, and alter the central nervous system’s temporal processes which govern and regulate excitability cycles and cortical scanning.
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This study was sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency under ARPA Order No. 2128.
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Hall, R.J., Rosenberger, M.A. & Monty, R.A. Cutaneous perception of heroin addicts: Evidence of an altered temporal process. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 3, 352–354 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333494
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