Elevated alcohol consumption following alcohol cue exposure is partially mediated by reduced inhibitory control and increased craving.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Exposure to alcohol-related cues leads to increased alcohol consumption, and this may be partially attributable to momentarily impaired impulse control.

Objectives

We investigated if exposure to alcohol cues would impair inhibitory control and if the extent of this impairment would partially mediate the effect of alcohol cues on subsequent voluntary alcohol consumption.

Methods

We recruited 81 heavy drinkers (50 female) who completed baseline measures of inhibitory control (stop-signal task) and subjective craving before random allocation to an alcohol cue exposure or control group. The alcohol cue exposure group then completed a second stop-signal task (with embedded alcohol cues) with concurrent exposure to olfactory alcohol cues, in an alcohol context. Th

SUBMITTER: Field M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5591800 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature