@article{ref1,
title="Effects of alcohol and error criticality on alphanumeric target acquisition",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="1983",
author="Barbre, William E. and Price, Dennis L.",
volume="27",
number="6",
pages="468-471",
abstract="Eight male subjects searched for target alphanumeric characters using a touch-entry equipped CRT under four levels of blood alcohol concentration (BAC), 0.0, 0.05, 0.07, and 0.09 percent. Participants visually searched randomly generated 108-character arrays for imbedded target characters, touching the CRT surface at target locations when located. Half of the search trials used arrays containing no target, providing the apportunity for &quot;giving-up&quot; any search trial at the discretion of the participant. A monetary incentive/penalty system was used to define low- and high-criticality search trials. Search time, touch accuracy, the number of trials completed, the percent of &quot;give-ups&quot;, and hand travel time were all significantly degraded by the alcohol dosages used. An alcohol-criticality interaction was observed for percent give-ups, and an alcohol-target presence interaction was significant for mean search times.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/154193128302700609",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193128302700609"
}