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This would seem to be one of the most easily controlled studies possible. Some observations of various individuals at various levels of oxygen in hypobaric cha
by ghshephard 12y ago
This would seem to be one of the most easily controlled studies possible. Some observations of various individuals at various levels of oxygen in hypobaric chambers (some of them come equipped for extended living) would provide solid evidence one way or another for this hypothesis.
Particularly in a controlled environment, assessing the individual's mental health should be straightforward.
And I have to believe that GE likely even has a branch that manufactures hypobaric chambers...
- WiseWeasel 12y agoHow do you control for the depressive effect of living for extended periods in a hypobaric chamber? Seems like studying people living at different altitudes would be easier, cheaper and less tainted by experimental environment factors.
- ghshephard 12y ago"How do you control for the depressive effect of living for extended periods in a hypobaric chamber?" That's precisely what control groups are for. The idea behind using a hypobaric chamber is that you control for 100% of everything, and only vary the oxygen levels - you could trivially simulate 2500 feet, 5000 feet, 7500 feet and 10,000 feet for a test group, while keeping the control groups at sea level - and observe the differences. The problem with testing people at "different altitudes" - is there are so many other events that could be contributing (sunlight, exercise, diet, etc...) - hard to eliminate confounding factors.
- EdiX 12y agoSSRI take 2~3 week to take effect, for some (AFAIK unknown) reason, a few hours in a hypobaric chamber would not be conclusive.
- ghshephard 12y agoI'm thinking an extended living Hypobaric chamber - have people stay there for a month.