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