Retrograde enhancement of human kinesthetic memory by alcohol: Consolidation or protection against interference?

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-277

  Hewitt, Gwen P ^a   Holder, Matthew ^a   Laird, Joanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0029996418     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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