Alcohol impairs speed of information processing and simple and choice reaction time and differentially impairs higher-order cognitive abilities

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-201

  Tzambazis, Katherine ^a   Stough, Con ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034017861     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/35.2.197     Document Type: Article

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