Context, acute tolerance, and subjective response affect alcohol-impaired driving decisions

• Published in: Psychopharmacology Vol. 237; no. 12; pp. 3603 - 3614
• Main Authors: Motschman, Courtney A., Warner, Olivia M., Wycoff, Andrea M., Davis-Stober, Clintin P., McCarthy, Denis M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking - blood; Alcohol Drinking - psychology; Alcoholic Intoxication - blood; Alcoholic Intoxication - psychology; Analysis; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Blood Alcohol Content; Blood levels; Context effects (Psychology); Decision making; Decision Making - drug effects; Dose-response relationship (Biochemistry); Driving ability; Driving Under the Influence - psychology; Drug tolerance; Drunk driving; Ethanol - administration & dosage; Ethanol - toxicity; Female; Humans; Intoxication; Male; Neurosciences; Original Investigation; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Psychiatry; Psychological aspects; Risk-Taking; Young Adult; Young adults; United States; Decision-making; Subjective response; Acute tolerance; Driving; Alcohol; Intoxication; Alcohol administration

Rationale Alcohol intoxication produces effects that can impair judgment and increase engagement in risky behaviors, including alcohol-impaired driving (AID). Real-world AID decisions are informed by contextual circumstances and judgments of associated risk. How individuals vary in their AID decisio...