Age at First Drink Relates to Behavioral Measures of Impulsivity: The Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 408-414

  Dougherty, Donald M ^a   Mathias, Charles W ^a   Tester, Melissa L ^a   Marsh, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at First Drink; Alcohol; Human; Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 1642266519     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000117834.53719.A8     Document Type: Article

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