Exploring alcohol treatments for teens

1974 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 174-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 77

Author(s):

Herbert Moskowitz ◽

Satanand Sharma

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Steady State ◽

Peripheral Vision ◽

Performance Decrement ◽

Fixation Light ◽

Peripheral Sensory ◽

Alcohol Treatments ◽

Sensory Mechanisms ◽

Central Fixation

Twelve males were tested under a control and two alcohol treatments in a perimeter apparatus used for testing peripheral vision. They were required to fixate either on a steady-state central fixation light and detect peripheral lights, or to count blinks produced by the cessations of the fixation light and to detect peripheral lights. Alcohol produced an impairment of peripheral vision only under conditions where the central fixation light blinked and thus required information processing. No performance decrement occurred when the central light did not blink. The results suggest that alcohol interferes with central information processing rather than peripheral sensory mechanisms.

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Overview of Late-Life Depression

10.1093/med:psych/9780195382242.003.0005 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Mark D. Miller

Keyword(s):

Bipolar Disorder ◽

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Personality Disorders ◽

Collaborative Care ◽

Late Life ◽

Medical Conditions ◽

Late Life Depression ◽

Alcohol Treatments

Chapter 4 outlines late-life depression. It explores the causes of depression (including medical conditions, medication, and alcohol), treatments for depression, and other diagnoses (bipolar disorder, co-occuring anxiety, and personality disorders), depression and cognitive impairment, and collaborative care.

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Alcohol Effects on Information Processing Time with an Overlearned Task1

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.1177/003151257303700333 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 835-839 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Herbert Moskowitz ◽

Marcelline Burns

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Processing Time ◽

Response Uncertainty ◽

Response Latencies ◽

Stimulus Response ◽

Alcohol Impairment ◽

Alcohol Effects ◽

Alcohol Treatments

Response latencies in naming visually displayed numbers were measured for 20 Ss under control and alcohol treatments. The size of the stimulus pool was varied by sets of trials to produce stimulus-response uncertainty in the range 0 to 5 bits. Response latencies were a function of the amount of uncertainty, but alcohol impairment was not.

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Improvement of Grafted Watermelon Transplant Survival as a Result of Size and Starch Increases Over Time Caused by Rootstock Fatty Alcohol Treatment: Part II

HortTechnology ◽

10.21273/horttech.24.3.350 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 350-354

Author(s):

Shawna L. Daley ◽

William Patrick Wechter ◽

Richard L. Hassell

Keyword(s):

Fatty Alcohol ◽

Citrullus Lanatus ◽

Soluble Sugar ◽

Lagenaria Siceraria ◽

Energy Reserves ◽

Cucurbita Maxima ◽

Stored Energy ◽

Total Soluble Sugar ◽

Alcohol Treatments ◽

Over Time

Fatty alcohol treatments can be used to eliminate the meristem of cucurbit (Cucurbitaceae) rootstocks, which prevents regrowth when grafting, but the effects of the treatment on the rootstock have not been documented. Two rootstock types, ‘Emphasis’ bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) and ‘Carnivor’ interspecific hybrid squash (Cucurbita maxima × C. moschata) commonly used in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) grafting significantly increased in cotyledon and hypocotyl size over 21 days after treatment (DAT) with a 6.25% fatty alcohol emulsion. There was a significant increase in total soluble sugar (glucose, sucrose, and fructose) content for each rootstock hypocotyl and cotyledon. Starch concentrations of hypocotyls and cotyledons also increased significantly in both rootstocks. This increase in stored energy could greatly increase the success rate of the grafting process. Increased rootstock energy reserves could overcome the need for keeping the rootstock cotyledon intact when grafting.

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