Abstract
In a repeated-measures experiment 18 men and 8 women were given ethanol which raised their mean blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0, 21, 50 and 73 mg/100 ml. Using the ERM apparatus (Schuhfried Instruments, Austria), which measures choice reaction time to a task with high cognitive content, it was found that both decision and reaction time increased as a function of rising BAC, and that movement time was not affected.
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Landauer, A.A., Howat, P.A. Alcohol and the cognitive aspects of choice reaction time. Psychopharmacology 78, 296–297 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428170
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00428170