Effects of ethanol on control of attention

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-241

  Newman, D ^a   Speake, D J ^a   Armstrong, P J ^a   Tiplady, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Astra Clinical Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Automatic processing; Control processing; Driving related skills; Ethanol; Memory; Psychomotor performance; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030991891     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(199705/06)12:3<235::AID-HUP859>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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