The acute effect of low-dose alcohol on working memory during mental arithmetic. I. Behavioral measures and EEG theta band spectral characteristics

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-137

  Boha, Roland ^a   Molnár, Márk ^a,b   Gaál, Zsófia Anna ^a   Czigler, Balázs ^a   Róna, Kálmán ^c   Kass, Krisztina ^c   Klausz, Gabriella ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

EEG spectra; Low alcohol dose; Mental arithmetic; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649819351     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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