An effect of alcohol on the distribution of spatial attention

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-266

  Post, Robert B ^a   Lott, Lori A ^a,b   Maddock, Richard J ^a   Beede, Jill I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Adult Correctional Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029869837     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1996.57.260     Document Type: Article

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