Alcohol and distraction interact to impair driving performance
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A distraction can impair or enhance motor performance.
Humans have a prodigious capacity to perform multiple tasks simultaneously. Being distracted while, for example, performing a complex motor skill adds complexity to a task and thus leads to a performance impairment. Yet, it may not be just the presence or absence of a distraction that affects motor performance. Instead, the characteristics of the distraction may play a critical role in affectin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.01.002