Alcohol-related cues reduce cognitive control in social drinkers

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Nikolaou, Kyriaki ^a   Field, Matt ^b   Duka, Theodora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; attentional bias; Eriksen flanker task; human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872095642     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: 14735849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32835cf458     Document Type: Article

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