@article{ref1,
title="Decision making in altered states: effects of alcohol on attitudes toward drinking and driving",
journal="Journal of personality and social psychology",
year="1995",
author="MacDonald, Tara K. and Zanna, Mark P. and Fong, G. T.",
volume="68",
number="6",
pages="973-985",
abstract="A laboratory experiment and 2 field studies tested the hypothesis that alcohol affects attitudes and intentions toward drinking and driving. Sober and intoxicated participants completed a questionnaire assessing their attitudes and intentions to drink and drive in a number of situations. Results indicated that when asked general or noncontingent questions, sober and intoxicated participants were equally negative about this behavior. However, when a contingency was embedded in the question (e.g., "would you drink and drive only a short distance?"), intoxicated participants were significantly less negative about drinking and driving. These results are consistent with alcohol myopia (C. M. Steele & R. A. Josephs, 1990)--the notion that alcohol intoxication decreases cognitive capacity so that people are more likely to attend to only the most salient cues.",
language="",
issn="0022-3514",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}