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information entity > theoretical entity > testable hypothesis > alcohol myopia hypothesis

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alcohol myopia hypothesis  

Definition

  • The hypothesis that alcohol consumption leads to a narrowing of attention, resulting in poorer memory for peripheral information about an event, while memory for central information is thought to be preserved.

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Synonym(s)

  • alcohol myopia theory

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bayless, S. J., & Harvey, A. J. (2017). Testing alcohol myopia theory: Examining the effects of alcohol intoxication on simultaneous central and peripheral attention. Perception, 46(1), 90–99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006616672221

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Crossland, D., Kneller, W., & Wilcock, R. (2016). Intoxicated witnesses: Testing the validity of the alcohol myopia theory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(2), 270–281. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3209

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Jaffe, A. E., Harris, C. M., & DiLillo, D. (2019). Observing alcohol myopia in the context of a trauma film paradigm: Differential recall of central and peripheral details. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43(10), 2203–2211. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14156

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Sauerland, M., Broers, N. J., & van Oorsouw, K. (2019). Two field studies on the effects of alcohol on eyewitness identification, confidence, and decision times. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(3), 370–385. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3493

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

  • • Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J. R., Carol, R. N., Kemp, D., Villalba, D., Ham, L. S., & Rose, S. (2011). Alcohol intoxication and memory for events : A snapshot of alcohol myopia in a real-world drinking scenario. Memory, 19(2), 202–210. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2010.546802.

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • van Oorsouw, K., Broers, N. J., & Sauerland, M. (2019). Alcohol intoxication impairs eyewitness memory and increases suggestibility: Two field studies. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(3), 439–455. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3561

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-VFWGDTGW-R

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