Williamson A M, Clarke B, Edmonds C
Br J Ind Med. 1987 Jul;44(7):459-66. doi: 10.1136/oem.44.7.459.
In a study of 33 commercial abalone divers from the Port Lincoln area of South Australia nervous system function was examined using a battery of neurobehavioural tests. Their performance was compared with that of non-diver controls matched for age, sex, education level, job type, language abilities, and cigarette and alcohol consumption. Abalone divers showed significantly poorer vision, learning, and short term memory performance and increased tremor relative to their controls. The reaction time of abalone divers, however, was as fast as or significantly faster than that of controls but their error rates were much higher, indicating that abalone divers were sacrificing speed for accuracy. Despite their apparent risk taking approach to these tests, the performance of abalone divers suggests some impairment of nervous system function.
在一项针对来自南澳大利亚林肯港地区的33名商业鲍鱼潜水员的研究中，使用一系列神经行为测试对他们的神经系统功能进行了检查。将他们的表现与在年龄、性别、教育水平、工作类型、语言能力以及香烟和酒精消费方面相匹配的非潜水员对照组进行了比较。与对照组相比，鲍鱼潜水员的视力、学习能力和短期记忆表现明显较差，震颤增加。然而，鲍鱼潜水员的反应时间与对照组一样快或明显更快，但他们的错误率要高得多，这表明鲍鱼潜水员为了准确性而牺牲了速度。尽管他们在这些测试中采取了明显的冒险方法，但鲍鱼潜水员的表现表明其神经系统功能存在一定损害。
