Interactions between Alcohol, Task Difficulty, and Compatibility in a Choice-Reaction Task

This experiment examined the effects of alcohol stress on choice reaction-time tasks of differing difficulty (response alternatives) and compatibility (stimulus-response mapping). Performance decrement under alcohol stress depended on the interaction of task difficulty and compatibility, low compatibility having a larger effect in more difficult tasks.

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