Alcohol and visual performance

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 465-482

  Wegner, Almut J ^c   Fahle, Manfred ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attention; Depth perception; Ethanol; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033120247     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(99)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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