PMID- 1512185
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19921001
LR  - 20190918
IS  - 0021-9010 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9010 (Linking)
VI  - 77
IP  - 4
DP  - 1992 Aug
TI  - Effects of alcohol intoxication on risk taking, strategy, and error rate in 
      visuomotor performance.
PG  - 515-24
AB  - Adult men (N = 44) participated for 2 days (alcohol vs. placebo treatment) in a 
      double-blind, crossover experiment. Performance on the Digit Symbol Substitution 
      Task (DSST) and a visuomotor (VM) task was measured 4 times each day. On the 
      alcohol-treatment day, data were obtained once during ascending breath alcohol 
      levels (BALs), once during maximal BALs (0.05 or 0.10), and twice during 
      descending BALs. Data were collected at the same time points on the 
      placebo-treatment day. Limited evidence for acute tolerance was obtained with the 
      DSST, but error rates on the VM task were higher during maximal and descending 
      BALs. Error rates remained near placebo values, and participants displayed 
      slightly greater caution, while BALs were ascending. Strategy scores on the VM 
      task exceeded placebo scores during maximal intoxication. Data interpretation is 
      focused on individuals in higher level (e.g., professional) positions.
FAU - Streufert, S
AU  - Streufert S
AD  - Department of Behavioral Science, Pennsylvania State University, College of 
      Medicine, Hershey.
FAU - Pogash, R M
AU  - Pogash RM
FAU - Roache, J
AU  - Roache J
FAU - Gingrich, D
AU  - Gingrich D
FAU - Landis, R
AU  - Landis R
FAU - Severs, W
AU  - Severs W
FAU - Lonardi, L
AU  - Lonardi L
FAU - Kantner, A
AU  - Kantner A
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 DA06170/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Appl Psychol
JT  - The Journal of applied psychology
JID - 0222526
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Alcoholic Intoxication/*psychology
MH  - Attention/drug effects
MH  - Double-Blind Method
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Psychomotor Performance/*drug effects
MH  - *Risk-Taking
EDAT- 1992/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1992/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1992/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1992/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1992/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1992/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1037/0021-9010.77.4.515 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Appl Psychol. 1992 Aug;77(4):515-24. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.77.4.515.