THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL AND PLACEBO ON REACTION TIME AND DISTANCE JUDGMENT

Five doses of alcohol or placebo were given to 20 Ss (10 received alcohol, 10 received placebo) performing reaction time (RT) and distance judgment (DJ) tasks. The alcohol and placebo groups both showed impairment of RT by trials. DJ was only affected in the alcohol group. It was then suggested that alcohol may lead to a misperception of when to react rather than an actual physical impairment of reaction time. /Author/ and other strategies.

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  Journal Press

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• Authors:
  • Heacock, D
  • Wikle, R
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 265-268
• Serial:
  • Journal of General Psychology
  • Volume: 91
  • Publisher: Journal Press

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Distance; Drivers; Perception; Placebos; Reaction time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132142
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM