Drug Discrimination Learning

摘要: In his tales of travels in the Far East, Marco Polo describes how “Old Man on Mountain” (Hassan Sabbah, year 1090, and followers) recruited loyal warriors, assassins, to faithfully obey follow their master. According tale, old man invited potential warrior a delicious dinner fortress. A drug (hashish?) had been mixed with food, while intoxicated, guest was transferred magnificent garden enjoy “paradise.” After once again being drugged brought back man, assured return paradise if he served faithfully. Having “experienced” paradise, assassins became feared enemies anyone who opposed will This story is an early account reminiscent what later described as dissociative learning. Siegel (1982) has summarized other accounts phenomenon, for example “the well-known case Irish porter who, having lost package when drunk, got drunk remembered where left it.”