@article{ref1,
title="Driver training conditions affect sensitivity to the impairing effects of alcohol on a simulated driving test (corrected)",
journal="Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology",
year="2007",
author="Harrison, Emily L. R. and Marczinski, Cecile A. and Fillmore, Mark T.",
volume="15",
number="6",
pages="588-598",
abstract="Research shows that prior behavioral training in a challenging environment reduces alcohol-induced impairment on simple psychomotor tasks. However, no studies have examined if this relationship generalizes to driving performance. The present study examined simulated driving performance and tested the hypothesis that a challenging training history would protect against the impairing effects of alcohol on driving performance. The challenging training history involved driving in a visually-impoverished environment. Thirty adults were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Two groups were tested under alcohol (0.65 g/kg) after prior experience performing the task under either a visually-impoverished environment or a normal visual environment. The remaining group served as a control and was trained and tested under the visually-impoverished condition environment. Results showed that individuals trained in the impoverished environment displayed sober levels of performance when their performance was subsequently tested under alcohol. By contrast, volunteers trained in a normal environment showed impairment under alcohol. The findings suggest that differences in driving training history can affect a driver's sensitivity to the impairing effects of alcohol.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1064-1297",
doi="10.1037/1064-1297.15.6.588",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1064-1297.15.6.588"
}