Effects of Alcohol on Person Perception: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Approach

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 627-638

  Bartholow, Bruce D ^a   Pearson, Melanie A ^b,c   Gratton, Gabriele ^c   Fabiani, Monica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COGNITION; ETHANOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROSCIENCES; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0141873462     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.4.627     Document Type: Article

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