The effect of alcohol ingestion on short term memory and attention.
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Authors
Grauert, Christopher Michael
Subjects
short term memory
attention
attention
Advisors
Neil, D.E.
Date of Issue
1975-09
Date
September 1975
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Using a serial short term memory task, subjects were
required to respond to stimuli presented one-back, two-back,
and three-back from a random sequence of four different symbols
before alcohol ingestion, after alcohol ingestion and again
after alcohol with motivation. The purpose of the experiment
was to determine whether alcohol had an adverse effect on
Short Term Memory and, once intoxicated, whether the degradation
of Short Term Memory could be overcome by attention. Analysis
of the data collected from 10 subjects showed that alcohol
adversely affected Short Term Memory in all three delay modes,
while motivation had no effect in overcoming this Short Term
Memory degradation due to alcohol ingestion.
Type
Thesis
Description
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Department
Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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NPS Report Number
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Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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