Alcohol and cognitive function: Assessment in everyday life and laboratory settings using mobile phones

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2094-2102

  Tiplady, Brian ^a   Oshinowo, Bami ^a   Thomson, Joanne ^a   Drummond, Gordon Blair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethanol (Alcohol); Everyday Assessments; Mobile Phone (Cellphone); Neuropsychological Assessment; Speed Accuracy Trade Off

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUNKENNESS; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ATTENTION; CELLULAR PHONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450209109     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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