SELF-EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE AND THE ABILITY TO DISCRIMINATE BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS

Social drinkers who had been trained to discriminate their blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) tended to predict greater impairment of performance while drinking than did untrained controls, although their actual performance on coding tasks did not differ. It is suggested that training in BAC discrimination may enhance caution and concern about behavioral impairment while drinking.

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  Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
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  New Brunswick, NJ  United States  08901
• Authors:
  • Vogel-Spratt, M
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-10
• Serial:
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  • ISSN: 0096-882X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Driver performance; Drivers; Education; Forecasting; Personnel performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subjective analysis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096152
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: #(74) 2001-04C
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-077-1-100
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1975 12:00AM