>[!abstract] >The nitrogen in ambient air slightly but measurably impairs human performance compared with a non-anesthetic gas such as helium. (Winter, 1975). ## References - Winter, P. M., Bruce, D. L., Bach, M. J., Jay, G. W., & Eger, E. I. (1975). The anesthetic effect of air at atmospheric pressure. Anesthesiology, 42, 658–660. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-197506000-00003 ## Related - [[We are all narced]]