Dual task performance after diazepam intake: Can resource depletion explain the benzodiazepine-induced amnesia?

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 354-361

  Gorissen, Marielle E E ^a,b   Eling, Paul A T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Psychiatric Hospital Veldwijk   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Diazepam; Divided attention; Memory; Paired associates; Resources; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ATTENTION; DIAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031928550     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050681     Document Type: Article

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