Effects of ethanol and auditory distraction on forced choice reaction time

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-156

  Jääskeläinen, Iiro P ^a,b   Alho, Kimmo ^a   Escera, Carles ^c   Winkler, István ^d   Sillanaukee, Pekka ^b,e   Näätänen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Alko Inc   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Auditory distraction; Ethanol; Forced choice reaction time; Involuntary attention switch; Passive attention

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0342313506     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-8329(95)02027-6     Document Type: Article

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