Effects of Alcohol on Human Performance and Sleep.

Abstract

Two separate investigations were supported by this contract. The principal aim of the first project was to analyze the effects of alcohol and certain commonly abused drugs on information processing and verbal memory. The aim of the second was to examine the acute and chronic effects of alcohol on human sleep. Progress on these two projects is reviewed in separate sections of this report. In general, the results are consistent with the view that alcohol disrupts cognitive operations associated with information output rather than information input. Analyses of EEG sleep data from sober alcoholics and control subjects confirmed that the amount of stage 4 sleep was significantly reduced in alcoholics, the deficit being most apparent in patients under 40 years of age.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA042465

Entities

People

  • Boyd K. Lester
  • Harold L. Williams

Organizations

  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Cognition
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Eye Movements
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Heart Rate
  • Information Processing
  • New York
  • Parallel Computing
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Psychotropic Drugs
  • Reaction Time
  • Social Psychology

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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