Alcohol, emotion and attention: Revisiting the Alcohol Myopia Theory

Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 403-410

  Mocaiber, Izabela ^a   David, Isabel Antunes ^a   de Oliveira, Letícia ^a   Pereira, Mirtes Garcia ^a   Volchan, Eliane ^b   Figueira, Ivan ^b   Vila, Jaime ^c   Machado Pinheiro, Walter ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol Myopia; Attention; Context; Emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054959089     PISSN: 01027972     EISSN: 16787153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-79722011000200022     Document Type: Article

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