Testing the global-slowing hypothesis: Are alcohol's effects on human performance process-specific or task-general?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-78

  Ryan, Colin ^a   Russo, Katherine ^a   Greeley, Janet ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive factor method; Alcohol; Global slowing hypothesis; Memory scanning; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTENTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030164106     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(94)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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