BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION AND REACTION TIME

In 10 young men tested both after alcohol and after a placebo drink, speed of simple reaction time was significantly reduced after alcohol. The variation was not wholly a function of blood alcohol concentration. On the descending portion of the blood alcohol curve, reaction time fell more rapidly than the blood alcohol, suggesting a process of adaptation. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Based on the author's thesis, submitted to Dept. of Business Studies, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• Corporate Authors:

  Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
  33 Livingston Avenue
  New Brunswick, NJ  United States  08901
• Authors:
  • Young, J R
• Publication Date: 1970-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 823-831
• Serial:
  • Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Drivers; Drunk driving; Reaction time; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099574
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM