How do alcohol cues affect working memory Persistent slowing due to alcohol-related distracters in an alcohol version of the Sternberg task

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 284-290

  Gladwin, Thomas ^a   Wiers, Reinout W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dual process models; Interference; Sternberg task; Task set inertia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857998638     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2011.614977     Document Type: Article

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