THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON SENSORY PHENOMENA AND COGNITIVE AND MOTOR TASKS
FOUR TESTS CALLING FOR COGNITIVE AND MOTOR SKILLS WERE ADMINISTERED TO EXAMINE PERFORMANCE AFTER SMALL AND MODERATE DOSES OF ALCOHOL. SENSORY PHENOMENA, VISUAL RESPONSES, AND SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED RESPONSES WERE EXAMINED. PERFORMANCE AT VARYING BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS IS DESCRIBED. ASPECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDE CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION, PULSE RATE, AND SPIRAL AFTEREFFECT OF ALCOHOL. /HSL/
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Authors:
- Lewis, E G
- Dustman, R E
- Beck, E C
- Publication Date: 1969
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 618-33
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Serial:
- Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohols; Blood alcohol levels; Color vision; Driver performance; Drivers; Motor skills; Perception; Personnel performance; Visual perception
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223886
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 15 1972 12:00AM