Brain responses and approach bias to social alcohol cues and their association with drinking in a social setting in young adult males.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol is mainly consumed in social settings, in which people often adapt their drinking behaviour to that of others, also called imitation of drinking. Yet, it remains unclear what drives this drinking in a social setting. In this study, we expected to see stronger brain and behavioural responses to social compared to non-social alcohol cues, and these responses to be associated with drinking in a social setting. The sample consisted of 153 beer-drinking males, aged 18-25 years. Brain responses to social alcohol cues were measured during an alcohol cue-exposure task performed in an fMRI scanner. Behavioural responses to social alcohol cues were measured using a stimulus-response compatibility task, providing an index of approach bias towards these cues. Drinking in a social setting was m

SUBMITTER: Groefsema MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7155040 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature