Does alcohol affect memory for emotional and non-emotional experiences in different ways?

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-121

  Knowles, S K Z ^a   Duka, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anterograde impairment; Arousal; Free recall; Human; Memory; Retrograde facilitation; Valence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AROUSAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342481691     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200403000-00003     Document Type: Article

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