Effects of Alcohol on Tests of Executive Functioning in Men and Women: A Dose Response Examination

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 409-417

  Guillot, Casey R ^a   Fanning, Jennifer R ^a   Bullock, Joshua S ^a   Mccloskey, Michael S ^b   Berman, Mitchell E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; Executive functioning; Response inhibition; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOM SAMPLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77958135535     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021053     Document Type: Article

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