Social drinkers underestimate the additive impairing effects of alcohol and visual degradation on behavioral functioning.
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| Abstract | :
Studies have shown that social drinkers are poor estimators of alcohol-induced impairment. Underestimates of blood alcohol concentration and other indices of intoxication are associated with decisions to perform risky behaviors, such as operating a motor vehicle. It is possible that self-evaluations of impaired functioning under alcohol might be particularly compromised in the presence of other sources of impairment. A common source of impairment that co-occurs with alcohol is visual degradation. |
| Year of Publication | :
2005
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| Journal | :
Psychopharmacology
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| Volume | :
177
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| Issue | :
4
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| Number of Pages | :
459-64
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| ISSN Number | :
0033-3158
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| URL | :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-004-1964-x
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| DOI | :
10.1007/s00213-004-1964-x
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| Short Title | :
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
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