A flicker change blindness task employing eye tracking reveals an association with levels of craving not consumption

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-97

  Hobson, Jillian ^a   Bruce, Gillian ^b   Butler, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; Attention; attentional bias; change blindness; consumption; craving; eye movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ATTENTION; ETHANOL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871555383     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881112447990     Document Type: Article

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