Acute alcohol impairs human goal-directed action

Biological Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-160

  Hogarth, Lee ^a   Attwood, Angela S ^b   Bate, Helen A ^b   Munafò, Marcus R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; Goal directed action; Habit; Human; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SATIETY RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859487779     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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