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Social drinkers underestimate the additive impairing effects of alcohol and visual degradation on behavioral functioning.

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Abstract
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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
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2005
Journal
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Psychopharmacology
Volume
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177
Issue
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4
Number of Pages
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459-64
ISSN Number
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0033-3158
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-004-1964-x
DOI
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10.1007/s00213-004-1964-x
Short Title
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Psychopharmacology (Berl)
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