Episodic foresight is impaired following acute alcohol intoxication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol intoxication disrupts many aspects of cognition, including the generation of phenomenological characteristics of future events (a component of episodic foresight), and the execution of directed preparatory behaviours (a component of prospective memory). However, no study has tested whether alcohol intoxication is also associated with deficits engaging episodic foresight to guide future-directed behaviour.

Aims

This study was designed to provide the first test of how alcohol intoxication influences the functional application of episodic foresight. The secondary aim was to establish the degree to which any observed episodic foresight difficulties associated with alcohol use might reflect broader problems in retrospective memory and executive control.

SUBMITTER: Elliott M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186559 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature