I am writing a paper regarding to the alcohol level vs. Reaction time after alcohol consumption. Here are the details~
Effect of low to moderate doses of ethyl alcohol on reaction times
It has been well established in the scientific literature that blood alcohol levels (BAL) of 80mg/dl or greater causes a significant prolongation in reaction times. Studies conducted in other laboratories have shown impairment on reaction times of complex tasks such as driving at doses less that 80mg/dl. In order to determine precisely the effect of lower BALs on reaction time, studies were conducted using volunteers who consumed alcoholic beverages at a dose of 0.6g/kg. The BALs for the volunteers were determined throughout the experiment by utilizing a breathalyzer (AlcoSensor IV). The volunteers then completed various simple (2 stimuli) and complex (5 stimuli) tasks on a driving simulator utilizing reaction time software (Vericom). At a BAL of 61mg/dl, complex reaction time increased by 30% (p<0.05) while for simple reaction times no significant increase was found. These results demonstrate that while individuals may have no significant deficit in simple tasks, complex tasks such as driving may be impaired and decrease the driver’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle.
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After reading my files, please help me summarize the following 5 articles in correlate to my idea. If anything in each article does not relate to my idea, you can skip it.
Each summary for each article just needs to be 5 sentences.
• Bigsby, C., E. Ratcliff, et al. (1996). “Blood Alcohol Levels And Metabolism.” from http://www.radford.edu/~kcastleb/bac.html.
• George, S., R. D. Rogers, et al. (2005). “The acute effect of alcohol on decision making in social drinkers.” Psychopharmacology 182(1): 160-169.
• Grant, S. A., K. Millar, et al. (2000). “Blood alcohol concentration and psychomotor effects.” Br. J. Anaesth. 85(3): 401-406.
• Guba, W. and D. Zuba (2003). “Gender Differences in the Pharmacokinetics of Ethanol in Saliva and Blood After Oral Ingestion.” Polish Journal of Pharmacology 55: 639-644.
• Liu, C.-S. and H. Peng (1996). “Road Friction Coefficient Estimation For Vehicle Path Prediction.” Vehicle System Dynamics 25: 413-425.
I need all the summaries back before 11/6.
There are faxes for this order.
