Working memory, executive processes and the effects of alcohol on Go/No- Go learning: Testing a model of behavioral regulation and impulsivity

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 465-472

  Finn, Peter R ^a   Justus, Alicia ^a   Mazas, Carlos ^a   Steinmetz, Joseph E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol effect; Executive function; High risk; Human; Impulsivity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032746142     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005492     Document Type: Article

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