Trace eyeblink conditioning in abstinent alcoholic individuals: Effects of complex task demands and prior conditioning

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-170

  McGlinchey, Regina E ^a,b,c   Capozzi, Stephen M ^c   Fortier, Catherine B ^a,c   Disterhoft, John F ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Associative learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; CUES; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 15044361150     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.2.159     Document Type: Article

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