Impaired perceptual judgment at low blood alcohol concentrations

Alcohol

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 711-718

  Friedman, Timothy W ^a   Robinson, Stephen R ^a   Yelland, Gregory W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessment; Cognitive impairment; Computer based testing; Gender; SCIT; Subtle cognitive impairment test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION DISORDERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KINETICS; MALE; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80053221978     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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