| Abstract: | Learning is an essential part of behavior therapies and is an important requirement of more traditional psychotherapy. The widespread use of tranquilizing drugs in psychiatric settings prompts a review of their effects on learning. Chlorpromazine is perhaps the most widely investigated tranquilizing drug and is used as a referent in the assessment of its effect on learning. Results of studies involving a number of animals, normal Ss, and psychiatric patients tend to show significant declines in learning on a wide range of tasks, with a linear decline in learning with increased dosage levels. A number of methodological difficulties which limit generalizations are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
