Alcohol consumption impairs detection of performance errors in mediofrontal cortex

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5601, 2002, Pages 2209-2211

  Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^a,b   De Vlugt, Yolande ^a   Bramlage, Aldo ^a   Spaan, Marcus ^a   Elton, Martin ^a   Snel, Jan ^a   Band, Guido P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BRAIN; DETERIORATION; HEALTH RISKS;

IMPAIRMENT;

NEUROLOGY;

ALCOHOL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037073909     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1076929     Document Type: Article

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