The acute effect of alcohol on decision making in social drinkers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 160-169

  George, S ^a   Rogers, R D ^b   Duka, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making task; Executive function; Impulsivity; Matching Familiar Figures task; Risky choice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 25844507983     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0057-9     Document Type: Article

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