Gustafson R, Källmén H
Department of Psychology, University of Orebro, Sweden.
Percept Mot Skills. 1988 Jun;66(3):739-42. doi: 10.2466/pms.1988.66.3.739.
In an experiment 8 men participated in an alcohol and a sober condition in a rotated order. In both conditions subjects first calibrated a shock scale to a subjective criterion and then rated their subjective pain and total discomfort. Subjects calibrated the shock scale higher when intoxicated and rated the calibrated level equally painful in the sober and intoxicated conditions, but when intoxicated subjects actually rated the higher shock level as less uncomfortable. The shock scale was calibrated higher under intoxication not because subjects wanted to impress the experimenter but because less pain and discomfort was actually experienced.
在一项实验中，8名男性以轮换顺序参与了饮酒和清醒两种状态的测试。在两种状态下，受试者首先将电击量表校准到主观标准，然后对他们的主观疼痛和总体不适进行评分。受试者在醉酒时将电击量表校准得更高，并且认为校准后的水平在清醒和醉酒状态下同样疼痛，但醉酒时受试者实际上认为较高的电击水平带来的不适更少。醉酒状态下电击量表被校准得更高，不是因为受试者想给实验者留下深刻印象，而是因为实际体验到的疼痛和不适更少。
