THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND CAFFEINE, ALONE AND IN COMBINATION, ON SKILLS PERFORMANCE

The data from these experiments are consistent in indicating that caffeine can offset to some extent the impairment by alcohol of certain components of driving performance. Clearly, tracking, visual search and reaction time exhibited the caffeine antagonism of alcohol impairment. However, the rate of information processing task failed to show an improvement under the caffeine treatment, demonstrating that the effects of caffeine are specific to behavioral mechanisms. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
• Corporate Authors:

  Southern California Research Institute

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  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90025
• Authors:
  • Moskowitz, H
  • Burns, M
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Caffeine; Driver performance; Drivers; Ethanol; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Tracking systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Tracking; Visual search
• Old TRIS Terms: Processing
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325342
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1981 12:00AM