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Alcohol and the cognitive aspects of choice reaction time

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In a repeated-measures experiment 18 men and 8 women were given ethanol which raised their mean blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0, 21, 50 and 73 mg/100 ml. Using the ERM apparatus (Schuhfried Instruments, Austria), which measures choice reaction time to a task with high cognitive content, it was found that both decision and reaction time increased as a function of rising BAC, and that movement time was not affected.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, 6009, Nedlands, W.A., Australia

    Ali A. Landauer

  2. School of Community Health, Western Australian Institute of Technology, 6102, Bentley, W. A., Australia

    Peter A. Howat

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Landauer, A.A., Howat, P.A. Alcohol and the cognitive aspects of choice reaction time. Psychopharmacology 78, 296–297 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428170

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