Alcohol alters men's perceptual and decisional processing of women's sexual interest

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-432

  Farris, Coreen ^a   Treat, Teresa A ^b   Viken, Richard J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Sexual misperception; Signal detection; Social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77952922762     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019343     Document Type: Article

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